Meta (R) Online is an enterprise directed to help investors in the Lisbon Stock
Exchange.
At Meta you can purchase the program MetaStock, acquire historical databases about
Portuguese Stocks and update them.
Products and Services at Meta
At Meta (R) Online you can acquire the following products / services (in adition to the
prices presented here, which can be changed prior the appearance in this page, you may
have to pay shiping or postal costs, dependent on your destination country and place):
MetaStock program (made by Equis
International). This wonderful program comes in a CD-Rom and is designed to help
investors get the maximum profit from investing. If you are in US it is not worth for you
to purchase it at Meta (remember, Meta resides in Portugal) because the package would
cross the Atlantic twice. Better for you is to contact an US reseller. But if you are in
Europe, it may be worth for you to buy it here. Price USD 415.
Finbolsa program. This is a Windows 32 bit program designed
to help investing in stocks, from the perspectives of both technical analysis and
fundamental analysis. Finbolsa is written in Portuguese, which may not be a serious
problem for you, because most indicators (PER, Cash-flow, Dividend Yield, etc) are written
in English and the graphics are self-evident.
Price USD 295.
Historical Databases. You can purchase three historical
databases about the Portuguese market:
1) All stock quotations since 1988, amended with splits, in MetaStock format. Price
USD 120.
2) All indice quotations since about 1991, in MetaStock format (included with previous
database)
3) All stock quotations (only close and volume) since 1984 in Finbolsa format (included
with
Finbolsa package)
4) All stock quotations (only close and volume) ready to export to Excel spreadsheet. Price
USD 320.
5) Balance sheet data for nearly all companies, since 1984 (included in Finbolsa
package).
Annual update at USD 50.
Updates of Quotations. We provide a very reliable service
via email at the price of USD 58 each 3 months. The emails are sent at
19h30 (Lisbon time, more or less the same as in London). If you purchase the historical
database, you have this service 3 months for free. You can receive it freely at experience
during some weeks. If you subscribe and buy the historical database, you are entitled to
receive a free substitution of the database at any time. Contact us to know the way to
update your database daily.
About Portuguese Stock Market
Portuguese stock market had a tremendous development in 1986-1988, culminating with a
terrific boom of about 100% in 1986, 250% in the the first 9 months of 1987 (no I am not
joking!) followed by an horrible crash in October 20, 1987, influenced by Wall Street
crash. Prices droped during the five subsequent years. In 1993, Portugal, like most
European
countries, experienced a recession, and the stock prices reached a minimum. In the same
year, a recovery began and the very low prices were corrected upwards. In 1994 and 1995
the market didn't move significantly (10% up in 1994, 10% down in 1995). In 1996,
following steady GNP growth, the market commenced a rally. 35% gain in 1996, 75% gain in
1997, 50% gain until April 1998, followed by a strong correction until October (in October
the losses were already 40% in relation to the high of April). Till the summer of 1999 the
market recovered somewhat and, form October 1999 onwards, a new rally began, guided by
telecommunications companies (PT, PT Multimedia, Telecel, Sonae, EDP). Good prospects for
the rest of the year 2000.
The main market indexes are the BVL 30 and the PSI 20. The PSI 20 is, since 1997,
included in the Morgan Stanley index package, which makes Portuguese stock exchange cease
to be classified as emerging market. The number of companies with respectable liquidity is
modest: only circa 80. The total turnover is proximattely 300-600 million USD per day. A
futures market is available since 1996.
Portuguese Main Stocks
The most interesting stocks in Lisbon Stock Exchange are:
Portugal Telecom - Fixed and mobile phones, Internet
services, vertical telecommunications
