Posted on 03/14/2004 8:17:50 AM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 6:07:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Wednesday was an anniversary of sorts, albeit one that few recalled and even fewer wanted to remember.
For the record, the Nasdaq stock index hit its all-time high on March 10, 2000, reflecting nearly six years of sizzling growth in the high-technology sector of the economy, driven by huge amounts of speculative investment, before a steep plunge that extinguished tens of billions of dollars in paper wealth.
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