'Washington Post' Reduces Stock, Mutual Fund Listings

By: Joe Strupp The Washington Post, following a trend set by other major newspapers, today announced it would reduce its printed stock listings, choosing to publish just 1,000 stocks and 2,000 mutual funds each day, the paper stated in a note to readers.

"Starting today, we are trimming our financial markets listings as part of a reorganization of the Business section," the note says. "Today's markets coverage begins on Page D7 with an article describing yesterday's market-related events. We have expanded our market summary tables, adding new formats to track foreign currencies, the 20 largest mutual funds and the 20 most-widely-held stocks."

The note adds that the paper would choose which stocks and mutual funds to list "based on market capitalization and total assets, respectively, in editions published Tuesday through Saturday." It also noted that stocks "are no longer segregated by market; New York, Nasdaq and American stock exchange companies all appear in alphabetical order in one list."

The paper wil still list stocks of local companies, printing them in bold text. Complete stock listings, meanwhile, will continue to appear in the Sunday business section, the paper reported, adding that "Monday's Washington Business will continue to publish expanded data on local stocks." The Post also will provide all stock quotes on its Web site.