dot-com bubble

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has seen it all before, having weathered the dot-com bust of 2000 and the Great Recession along its rocky road to $1 trillion in valuation. Here's a look at how it went from IPO to its first valuation milestone, $100 billion, and eventually to $1 trillion....

After another volatile open on Tuesday, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SPY) is down 15% overall in the past month due to fears over the coronavirus outbreak and Monday’s collapse in oil prices. Investors are reaching the critical point in the sell-off at which they need to determine whether...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) built its recent success on next-day delivery. But it didn't get there overnight. Amazon has grown immensely in market capitalization in its two decades-plus as a public company, going from a 1997 IPO market value of $438 million to more than $800 billion. But it...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened On Jan. 14, 2000, the bull market ended as the internet bubble peaked. Where The Market Was The S&P 500 struck an intra-day high of $1,473, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that happened on this date. What Happened On this day in 2000, the NASDAQ plummeted a then-record 229.46 points to a 3,901.69 close. Where Was The Market The S&P 500 closed down 3.8 percent at 1,399.42 and the Dow Jones...

The concentrated outperformance of a handful of mega-cap technology stocks in recent years is getting reminiscent of a similar trend during the peak of the dot-com bubble nearly 20 years ago. These massive tech giants have created a “valuation air pocket” in the market, according to...

In a recent post on his blog, businessman, investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban compared the current state of the technology market to the dot-com bubble of 2000. According to Cuban, the tech sector is once again in a bubble, but this one is even worse. Dot-Com Nostalgia Cuban...

Let's assume you think the stock market is about to stumble, and stumble badly. How can you see the top coming? Some argue the top is already staring everyone in the face. The Dow Jones industrials were up 21.15 percent for the year as of Thursday's close, with the Standard & Poor's 500...