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OTC Journal
February 16, 2000	Volume III, Issue 13

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To OTC Journal Members:

StockGroup.com Holdings (OTC BB: SWEB)

Great news today for all you shareholders in StockGroup Holdings (OTC BB: SWEB). They announced a new relationship with one of the largest financial link centers on the Internet which should result in enhanced traffic to their small and micro cap supersite, www.SMALLCAPCENTER.com.

If you've never visited this site you should spend some time there. In our opinion they have the best resource site for information on the small and microcap stocks that the Wall Street main stream media ignores. Below find the full text of their press release.

This stock was a problem child for the last few months of 1999. However, since the first of the year the stock has bounced back beautifully. On January 3rd, the first trading day of 2000, the stock closed at $1.625. Today it closed at $4.75 and is beginning to get up into the levels we had hoped to see last year. The full text of the press release is below for your benefit. To visit our archive section on this Company, simply click here.

Other News

MicroAccell (OTC BB: MIXL), our current profile and "Just In Case Stock" hit another all time high today closing at $6.94 bid, $7 offer. Apparently, somebody out there likes this one. Click Here to visit our archive.

The President of Blue Zone (OTC BB: BLZN) was interviewed on CNN FN last night. We are trying to get a video clip for you.

In last Friday's edition we mentioned Tropika International (OTC CDN: TPIL). This weekend's edition will have comprehensive information on the company. If you like penny stocks you should read this one.

StockGroup News Release:

Wednesday February 16, 6:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release

Stockgroup.Com Signs Agreement With Isyndicate To Distribute Content Across 169,000 Affiliate Sites

Smallcapcenter Joins Elite Group of Trusted News Sources

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 16, 2000--Stockgroup.com Holdings Inc. (OTCBB: SWEB - news) today announced a content partnership with iSyndicate, the leader in web content syndication on the Internet. iSyndicate will offer its network of over 169,000 Web sites and clients small cap news and information from www.smallcapcenter.com, Stockgroup.com's next generation Web site.

``Our partnership with iSyndicate provides us with one of the most powerful vehicles to reach the hundreds of thousands of small cap investors,'' states Mr. Marcus New, Stockgroup.com's Chairman and CEO. ``Smallcapcenter.com differentiates itself from TheStreet.com (NASDAQ:TSCM - news) and Marketwatch (NASDAQ:MKTW - news) by focusing on the small cap marketplace. This relationship is a testament to the strength of smallcapcenter.com, which provides high quality, unbiased news, information and research tools to the investor community. We expect this relationship to deliver significant traffic.''

Smallcapcenter.com offers its users a broad range of original content exclusively focused on the small and micro cap marketplace. This content includes breaking news headlines, market analysis, and commentary generated by Smallcapcenter.com's editorial team located in the company's news bureaus in New York, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto. This team is headed up by Editor in Chief and veteran financial journalist, David Andelman. Content generated from this news team will be distributed by iSyndicate and made available for use by their network partners including Xoom.com, Netscape, PeopleSoft (NASDAQ:PSFT - news), Nortel (NYSE:NTE - news) and NationsBank. The company also has strategic partnerships with Music Boulevard, Reel.com, SmartAge and MSN LinkExchange. Mr. Joel Maske, President and CEO of iSyndicate added, ``We are pleased to be announcing our relationship with smallcapcenter.com. iSyndicate is committed to offering the greatest depth and breadth of content on the Web, and this partnership will allow us to offer Web sites top quality small cap news and commentary.''

ABOUT ISYNDICATE

iSyndicate, (www.isyndicate.com) the Content Marketplace, is the leading provider of dynamic and relevant Web content designed to help drive commerce and build community on the Internet. Today, the company aggregates, packages, integrates and delivers a breadth of content including audio, video, animations, interactive games, comics and weather from more than 400 trusted sources including Reuters New Media, Wired, Time, Salon.com, (NASDAQ:SALN - news) Fortune, CNET (NASDAQ:CNET - news), The Associated Press, Rolling Stone and CBS Sportsline, all in real-time. This content is delivered by iSyndicate to more than 169,000 affiliated web sites, including Xoom.com, Citibank, Netscape, Peoplesoft, Nintendo, Nortel Networks and Nationsbank. ISyndicate supports the ICE (Information and Content Exchange) standard based on XML among a variety of others for all of its content. ISyndicate is based in San Francisco and is backed by leading venture capital firms Scripps Ventures and Labrador Ventures; investment bank Hambrecht & Quist; Internet leaders Infospace.com and Vignette Corporation; and individual investors.

ABOUT STOCKGROUP.COM

Stockgroup.com, founded in 1995, has offices in New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto and is a leading Internet provider of financial news and information services. Recently, Stockgroup.com launched the next generation web site www.smallcapcenter.com, a state of the art research center focusing on small and micro cap news, information and data. Its predecessor, www.stockgroup.com was one of the most popular investment information sites on the internet. The company also provides Internet development and marketing services to small and micro cap businesses.

This release contains ``forward looking statements'' within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, goals, assumptions or future events or performance are not statements of historical fact and may be ``forward looking statements.'' Forward looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections at the time the statements are made that involve a number of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those presently anticipated. Forward looking statements in this action may be identified through the use of words such as ``expects'', ``will,'' ``anticipates,'' ``estimates,'' ``believes,'' or statements indicating certain actions ``may,'' ``could,'' or ``might'' occur.

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Contact:

     Stockgroup.com Holdings, Inc.
     Marcus New, 800/650-1211
     Email: marcus@stockgroup.com
         or
     AXIS IR
     Rob Barton, 888/684-4224
     Email: rob@axiscapital.net

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