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The Dot-Com Bubble
From the 1995 Netscape IPO to the March 2000 Nasdaq peak and 78% crash: eyeballs over earnings, IPO pops, telecom overbuilding, Pets.com and Webvan, the survivors (Amazon), and lessons for every tech boom since.
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Key idea
Prereqs: Bubbles & manias; Valuation. Next: The 2008 crisis; Devil Take the Hindmost. Sources: Robert Shiller, *Irrational Exuberance* (2000); John Cassidy, *Dot.con* (2002); Nasdaq historical data.Next: 1. Timeline