Merrill Lynch adds 2 New HOLDRS to the Family By IndexFunds.com Staff September 12, 2000

Merrill Lynch recently launched a new Market 2000+ HOLDRS (MKH), and has announced that it plans to launch a Software HOLDRS (SWH).

On August 30, Merrill Lynch announced trading of the Market 2000+ HOLDRS, the first cross sector, equal-weighted offering of HOLDRS, with an aggregate initial market capitalization over $500 million. The holdings in the fund represent the stock of a group of 50 international companies that are the largest from around the globe that trade in the U.S., as measured in terms of worldwide market capitalization on July 7, 2000.

Merrill Lynch claims it had index fund investors in mind when it launched Market 2000+ HOLDRS as a cost-effective and tax-efficient way to invest in a diversified basket of global stocks. Like all HOLDRS, the annual expense is $0.08 per share.

Stock Holdings in the Market 2000+ HOLDRS

Name of Company	Ticker	Shares Amounts	Initial Weightings	Trading Market
America Online, Inc.	AOL	3	1.85%	NYSE
American International Group, Inc.	AIG	2	1.81%	NYSE
Astrazeneca p.l.c.	AZN	4	1.93%	NYSE
AT&T Corp.	T	6	1.94%	NYSE
BellSouth Corporation	BLS	5	1.91%	NYSE
BP Amoco p.l.c.	BP	3	1.77%	NYSE
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	BMY	3	1.74%	NYSE
British Telecommunications p.l.c.	BTY	2	2.56%	NYSE
Cisco Systems, Inc.	CSCO	3	2.08%	Nasdaq NMS
Citigroup Inc.	C	3	1.82%	NYSE
The Coca-Cola Company	KO	3	1.79%	NYSE
Dell Computer Corporation	DELL	5	2.07%	Nasdaq NMS
Deutsche Telekom AG	DT	5	2.10%	NYSE
Eli Lilly and Company	LLY	2	1.56%	NYSE
EMC Corporation	EMC	2	1.99%	NYSE
Exxon Mobil Corporation	XOM	2	1.73%	NYSE
France Telecom	FTE	2	2.52%	NYSE
General Electric Company	GE	3	1.89%	NYSE
Glaxo Wellcome p.l.c.	GLX	3	1.85%	NYSE
Hewlett-Packard Company	HWP	2	2.53%	NYSE
Home Depot, Inc.	HD	4	2.10%	NYSE
Intel Corporation	INTC	2	1.55%	Nasdaq NMS
International Business Machines Corporation	IBM	2	2.73%	NYSE
JDS Uniphase Corporation	JDSU	2	2.59%	Nasdaq NMS
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	2	1.98%	NYSE
LM Ericsson Telephone Company	ERICY	9	1.86%	Nasdaq NMS
Lucent Technologies Inc.	LU	4	1.78%	NYSE
Merck & Co., Inc.	MRK	3	2.28%	NYSE
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	3	2.24%	Nasdaq NMS
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.	MWD	2	2.15%	NYSE
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation	NTT	3	1.85%	NYSE
Nokia Corp.	NOK	4	1.73%	NYSE
Nortel Networks Corporation	NT	2	1.70%	NYSE
Novartis AG	NVS	5	2.06%	NYSE
Oracle Corporation	ORCL	2	1.82%	Nasdaq NMS
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	4	1.80%	NYSE
Qwest Communications International Inc.	Q	4	2.13%	NYSE
Royal Dutch Petroleum Company	RD	3	1.95%	NYSE
SBC Communications Inc.	SBC	4	1.75%	NYSE
Sony Corporation	SNE	2	2.36%	NYSE
Sun Microsystems, Inc.	SUNW	2	2.68%	Nasdaq NMS
Texas Instruments Incorporated	TXN	3	2.15%	NYSE
Time Warner Inc.	TWX	2	1.81%	NYSE
Total Fina Elf S.A.	TOT	2	1.63%	NYSE
Toyota Motor Corporation	TM	2	1.84%	NYSE
Verizon Communications	VZ	4	1.84%	NYSE
Viacom Inc.	VIA.B	3	2.11%	NYSE
Vodafone Airtouch p.l.c.	VOD	5	2.09%	NYSE
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	WMT	4	2.07%	NYSE
WorldCom, Inc.	WCOM	5	1.95%	Nasdaq NMS