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Growth of Private Company Index prompts the creation of Index Fund

Chicago, IL January 18, 2005 Private Company Index closes for the year with a reported 25.1% annual growth rate for private index companies. With only a one-point loss for the month of December, the Index reports a 6.3% overall increase in activity since launching in September.

Almost 20,000 visitors have logged on to the Index site since launching in September. The index is designed to be a resource for the financial and investment community to research and track private company's business activity and performance. Index companies, on average, have been experiencing significantly faster growth than compared to their public investment counterparts on the Dow and NASDAQ

Index growth results are no surprise to index member John Sweeney, CEO of Philadelphia based www.teledatasystems.com . "We have been experiencing significant growth since the 4th quarter of 2004 and continued increases in 2005. Teledata growth mirrors that of the Private Company Index 2005 results. We are projecting continued 20-25% growth in 2006." When asked about their growth, CEO Sweeney responds, "We are experiencing incredible business opportunities as a result of increased corporate and government IT spending. It will be interesting to follow the Private Company Index monthly 2006 results to track this trend of private company growth."

The Private Company Index is the first financial index focusing on private company"s monthly financial performance. The Index tracks private company monthly revenue and reports on private company monthly activity. For Private Company Index December results and highlights visit our website www.privatecompanyindex.com or view the newly launched Private Business Channel video.

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The Private Company Index provides the financial and investment community a resource to objectively measure private business activity. The Index also allows business owners and the general public the ability to follow the trends and productivity of privately owned businesses.

The Index was created by Entrex – the global source to find, research, track, manage and trade interests in private companies- along with the Private Business Channel (PBC) an online video and television production company featuring the best-of-breed private companies on the path to open their equity to private investors.

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