Chapter 3

Business and Finance


CONTENTS

Finance

Commission Pricer

by Dr. Robert Lum
Contact Info: robertl@intrepid.com
URL: http://www.intrepid.com/~robert
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: How much will it cost you to sell that stock? This applet knows about many brokers (and gives you their phone numbers).

A simple, useful applet for investors who want to save money.

Figure 3.1 :

Currency Exchange Calculator

by Saw Paw Corporation
Contact Info: sawpaw@sawpaw.con
URL: http://www.superprism.net/doc/EXPRESS/util/currency.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes

Author's Description: Look up exchange rates. Rates updated daily. Enter amount of any currency and get the result in any other currency. You can also manually type in exchange rate.

This applet features just about every worldwide currency you can think of in an easy-to-use graph. You can also type in the exchange rate yourself if the site information isn't current.

CyberAgent Real Estate Viewing Demo

by Dale Gass
Contact Info: dale@ra.isisnet.com
URL: http://www.mks.com/tools/java/dale/agent/CyberAgent.html
Load Time: Medium Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: Interactive real estate viewing demo.

Browse for a house that matches your criteria, view the results, and calculate your mortgage costs all on one page. The market represented here is quite limited (three houses) but the mortgage calculator is a real asset to anyone buying or selling a home.

GeneralNET

by Dean Ansari
Contact Info: info@generalnet.com
URL: http://www.generalnet.com
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: Developer of advanced multimedia Web sites.

Applets used on this business's page include an animated logo, a user-controlled tickertape with variable speeds, and a scroll-down menu of links to the other pages on this site.

Health Insurance Optimizer!

by Paul Schulz
Contact Info: 103421.2227@compuserve.com
URL: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/schulzp/hinsoptb.htm
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: Use the Health Insurance Optimizer! during annual enrollment for health insurance. It shows the bottom line differences among plans your employer is offering.

Compare all aspects of three health insurance plans at once, including premiums, prescription costs, major medical expenses, and HMO-related costs.

InvestWiz Personal Portfolio Manager

by Victor Chew
Contact Info: vchew@iss.nus.sg
URL: http://draco.iss.nus.sg
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: InvestWiz is a personal portfolio manager written to prove the feasibility of using Java to develop useful network applications. It is a medium-size Java applet.

Other stock market-related resources on the Gamelan directory include Commission Pricer, JavaChart, MktView, Option Pricing Program, Option Valuation Applet, StockTrace, WallStreetWeb, WSRNLookup!, and InfoTicker).

JavaChart

by Weihua Xu
Contact Info: weihua@cco.caltech.edu
URL: http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~weihua/JavaChart
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No

You can browse daily scores and values over the previous twelve months and put a particular stock's abbreviation in the ticker window to look up the company of your choice. Macintosh users, however, will not be able to use this program-for now, it's Windows 95- and UNIX-friendly only. Other stock market-related resources on the Gamelan directory include Commission Pricer, InvestWiz Portfolio Manager, MktView, Option Pricing Program, Option Valuation Applet, StockTrace, WallStreetWeb, WSRNLookup!, and InfoTicker.

Figure 3.2 :

Java Demos

by Mark Mendel
Contact Info: mgm@is.com
URL: http://www.is.com/IntegritySolutions/Demos/JavaDemos/homePage.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: This Java applet demonstrates the use of Java to perform client-side validation of interaction with business objects residing on a server.

At this writing, there are three applet demos on this page for business use: a conference room/meeting scheduler, a calendar applet, and a travel-plan arranger. Have a look at the class diagrams for more details.

Javascript Order Form

by CSIRO Australia
Contact Info: Web@csiro.au
URL: http://www.csiro.au/steve/javascript/marketting/order.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: Yes

Other online ordering and/or shopping resources on the Gamelan directory include JavaScript Order Form, Java Shopping Cart, Product Browser, Running Total, and Shopping Mall.

MktView

by SoftBear Inc.
Contact Info: info@softbear.com
URL: http://www.softbear.com/java/mktview
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: Yes

Author's Description: MktView-a freeware applet to graph your favorite stock's price and volume over time (you must supply the data).

Other stock market-related resources on the Gamelan directory include Commission Pricer, InvestWiz Portfolio Manager, JavaChart, Option Pricing Program, Option Valuation Applet, StockTrace, WallStreetWeb, WSRNLookup!, and InfoTicker.

Mortgage Calculator

by Karl Jeacle
Contact Info: kj@broadcom.ie
URL: http://www.broadcom.ie/~kj/java/mortgage.html
Load Time: Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: Dynamically calculate your mortgage payments.

The click-and-draggable sliders are not easy to control, but the calculations are immediate, sliding up and down in sync with your mouse. Compare this mortgage calculator to the one available with the CyberAgent Real Estate Viewing demo and with the Canadian Mortgage Calculator.

The Option Pricing Program

by Mark Higgins
Contact Info: mark@astro.queensu.ca
URL: http://astro.queensu.ca/~mark/OPPjava/OPP.html
Load Time: Very Fast
Source Code Included: No

Author's Description: This applet prices American or European call or put options with a continuous (or zero) dividend rate numerically using a binomial tree algorithm. It also allows calculation of implied volatility for an option of any sort.

Another excellent stock market-related applet to calculate various numbers related to share costs and performance. Other stock market-related resources on the Gamelan directory include Commission Pricer, InvestWiz Portfolio Manager, JavaChart, MktView, Option Valuation Applet, StockTrace, WallStreetWeb, WSRNLookup!, and InfoTicker.