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...hold gross-domestic-product growth for the year to 5%. Ed Yardeni, chief economist of Deutsche Bank, agrees, largely because he believes the skyrocketing rise of stock prices in late 1999 and early this year "most likely did contribute to boosting car sales and housing-related sales." With the NASDAQ index by late May down roughly a third from its March peak, he says, "within the next couple of months we'll find weaker car sales, weaker retail sales, weaker housing activity." Varvares expects a further slowdown to about 2 1/2% growth in 2001, though he thinks the pace will...
...investment at least does not wash in and out with the economic tides; once turned into bricks, mortar and machinery, it stays put. Portfolio--that is, stock and bond--investment is more volatile. But Lawrence Kudlow, chief economist of CNBC.com points out that the 37% nose dive in the NASDAQ index from its March 10 high to its May 23 low did not appear to scare away much foreign investment--at least not enough to make any difference in the dollar's price. "I was holding my breath on that one," says Kudlow...
...were revised down again for April, the first consecutive drop since the summer of 1998 - investors' neuroses kicked in. Suddenly, the worry wasn't that Alan Greenspan would raise rates again at month's end. It was that he'd already gone too far. Tech selling slid the NASDAQ down on the news, and financials did the same to the Dow. Consumers, the heroes of the expansion and the villains of the overheat, are closing their wallets. Have they opened the door to a recession, thanks to the Fed's prodding...
...salad days of the bull market may now be but a warm memory; amid whispers that the technology boom is at an end, the technology-heavy NASDAQ stock index has retreated from its previously high levels. Yet dreams of electronic success still tempt many into investments--universities included. In recent months, the College has made significant steps to encourage students who wish to participate in the technology gold rush and start their own companies. The decision is praiseworthy, as Harvard should enable students to pursue their interests to the fullest extent compatible with its academic mission. However, Harvard should...
Maybe Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson was thinking of a NASDAQ rupture Wednesday when he waited until 4:30 to do his part for the antitrust history books. But this one shouldn't have surprised anybody. Just like the government wanted him to, Jackson ordered up a two-way, 10-year split of Microsoft (one company for apps, one for the OS, and Bill Gates can only work at one of them) and a laundry list of "conduct remedies" for the meantime. Basically, the plan is that the Redmond boys check with their lawyers before going to the bathroom...