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The Dow Jones industrial average hit its largest point ever as a result of investors' scramble to buy old-economy stocks while they are still cheap. The Dow rose by 4.9%, or 499 points, to 10,631 on Thursday, Mar 18, 2000, while the Nasdaq composite index finished the session with a 135 increase, or 2.9%, to 4,717. Despite the tremendous gain recorded on Thursday, there is still plenty of room for more gain since the 30 Dow stocks are still 22% off their 52-week record highs on average.
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Analyst Abby Joseph Cohen has turned optimistic about technology stocks. She suggested that while the economy is slowing, the backdrop for technology investments is favorable. She also noted that the slowing economy will lengthen the prosperous times and that technology will continue to grow as a percentage of the gross domestic product of the world. Her words usually carry more weight. She rightly turned bearish on tech stocks before the stock market correction in Mar 2000.
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The numbers of self-proclaimed IPO `experts' are expected to decline because the prices of IPOs no longer double or triple on their first offering day. The image of IPO experts has been tarnished by the fact that some of them do not even have financial backgrounds and there is no certification for IPO analysts. Some IPO analysts have realized that the market for their services has become uncertain and have sold their firms to larger entities.
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