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March 3, 2015

Dot-com deja vu: Nasdaq tops 5,000

  • The Nasdaq is close to topping its record from the dot-com boom but a lot has changed in the past 15 years.
    • By STEVE ROTHWELL
    AP Markets Writer

    NEW YORK — The last time the Nasdaq was this high, Bill Clinton was president, your Internet was probably still dial-up, Microsoft dominated the tech world and the iPod, iPhone and iPad didn't exist.

    Fifteen years later the Nasdaq has again closed above 5,000 and is close to topping its record from the dot-com boom. The index has clawed back, riding a six-year bull market, and is now 40 points from its all-time closing high of 5,048.62 reached March 10, 2000.


     
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