I came across this story on CNNFN's site and thought this might be of interest to the investors here:

CNNFN: Dissecting Nasdaq's decline Y2K, disappointment trip tech., but analyst sees light for Compaq, Sun

Performance of tech stocks such as Sun, Dell and Compaq are discussed.

-- Tim (pixmo@pixelquest.com), April 19, 1999

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Anyone notice how economists are like weathermen? When its sunny outside, the predict a sunny day. Clouding up -- looks like rain. But you NEVER see a weatherman come on and say "Boy was I wrong about the weather yesterday!"

-- a (a@a.a), April 19, 1999.

Tim, this is interesting in that a major brokerage house is intimating that Y2K may be influencing the market NOW. This is the first time that I have seen this and it makes me wonder what other players are thinking at this point.

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KURT KING, Nationsbanc Montgomery Securities: I think the market discounted Compaq's problems a week ago. I think we've got a new set of issues today related to some concerns about Y2K and possibly an editorial in the business press about the overvaluation of Internet stocks. Different day, different issue. end

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KING: Right. We are seeing the after-effect of a very enthusiastic market at the outset of the year. Some might call it irrationally bullish and what we're seeing now is the effects of moving closer to the Y2K issue -- when we get to see the reality vs. speculation -- and the fact that there had been a series of disappointments throughout the tech sector. What I can tell you by way of perspective is that this isn't all that different from past first quarters of new fiscal years. In fact, just last year was a pretty bloody time, too.

-- Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com), April 19, 1999.

Every time I read the title to this thread I think it says ovulation. Sorry for spamming you. Its a viewpoint different from your's.

-- Maybe Its Dislexya (clocktick@40.something), April 21, 1999.