Computer Services Help Investors Get On-Line With Wall Street

In the 1991 movie "Other People's Money," corporate raider Larrythe Liquidator owns a bedside computer named Carmen. Each nightCarmen chews on financial data; each morning she spits out takeovercandidates.

Carmen is Larry's closest friend.

A widening array of high-tech products is now available tothousands of would-be Larry the Liquidators. Once the exclusiveprovince of Wall Street traders, the electronic investment industryhas planted stout roots on Main Street in recent years. Now you canwake up, roll out of bed and fall in love with a stock.

Consumer offerings, which have multiplied amid strong growth inpersonal computer use and soaring interest in …