Ticker Talk

Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette on Wednesday said it plans to offer a new class of common stock that will track the performance of its DLJdirect online brokerage unit. . . . The Internet Fund, the top-performing U.S. mutual fund this year, is closing its virtual doors to new investors. It expects to reopen March 30 after a shareholder vote. The fund, which zoomed 198% last year and has returned 75% in 1999, could reopen if investors vote to increase the number of shares it can sell, said James Doyle, a lawyer for the Internet Fund.