Join today and have your say! It’s FREE!

Become a member today, It's free!

We will not release or resell your information to third parties without your permission.
Please Try Again
{{ error }}
By providing my email, I consent to receiving investment related electronic messages from Stockhouse.

or

Sign In

Please Try Again
{{ error }}
Password Hint : {{passwordHint}}
Forgot Password?

or

Please Try Again {{ error }}

Send my password

SUCCESS
An email was sent with password retrieval instructions. Please go to the link in the email message to retrieve your password.

Become a member today, It's free!

We will not release or resell your information to third parties without your permission.
Quote  |  Bullboard  |  News  |  Opinion  |  Profile  |  Peers  |  Filings  |  Financials  |  Options  |  Price History  |  Ratios  |  Ownership  |  Insiders  |  Valuation

Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum iShares S&P/TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index ETF T.XST

Alternate Symbol(s):  ISTIF

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide long term capital growth by replicating, to the extent possible, the performance of the S&P TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index the Index, net of expenses. To achieve its investment objective the Fund uses an indexing strategy. Under this strategy, the Fund seeks to replicate the performance of the Index, net of expenses, by employing, directly... see more

TSX:XST - Post Discussion

View:
Post by Mentat_99 on Jul 16, 2000 10:08pm

Huge Competition

I researched for a while on companies that sell similar technologies. There are dozens if not hundreds of companies that in to this area. The competition is brutal. I think that I will give this company a miss. Any longs who can come up with good reasons why I should invest in this company, let me know.
Comment by hehehe on Jul 16, 2000 10:34pm
you go
Comment by buyguy on Jul 17, 2000 12:05am
Most (not all) of the competion you mentioned are not in the same markets. Teletrac is a fleet tracking system tower based triangulation Kenwood is an in car nav system no security AVL Info Systems is a manufacturer only no security service Chicago Map is a map data provider Mobile Trac is XST. manufacturer, mapping and monitoring service provider Gegyi Inc. has just launched its product ...more  
Comment by blue"chip" on Jul 17, 2000 6:30am
Actually, like the previous poster mentioned and I agree, I think alot of what you found was not competition. You need to do some research on all the different types of vehicle tracking technologies and how Companies or people use them how they work, etc. I have found a tonne of vehicle tracking technology Companys, many are in fact resellers of other companies products. I have found very few ...more  
Comment by buffalobill18 on Jul 17, 2000 11:52pm
I am out on holidays doing some late night reading and came across XS. I don,t hold a position in this company but did hold a position in what I believe to be compotitiion. The company is called Centrax cnxx.ob I no longer hold a postition in this company but am keeping an eye on it to possibly jump back in. It may be useful to explore and compare the two techs. I know that cnxx has some ...more  
The Market Update
{{currentVideo.title}} {{currentVideo.relativeTime}}
< Previous bulletin
Next bulletin >

At the Bell logo
A daily snapshot of everything
from market open to close.

{{currentVideo.companyName}}
{{currentVideo.intervieweeName}}{{currentVideo.intervieweeTitle}}
< Previous
Next >
Dealroom for high-potential pre-IPO opportunities