Dot Com Collapse

Dot Com Collapse

Full Name
2000 Dot Com Collapse
Event Type
Parent Event

  • Also known as the "Tech Bobble"
  • Potentially popped because Alan Greenspan increased interest rates
    • Although, markets were extremely overpriced and a bubble looking for any pin
  • NASDAQ 100 index collapsed 84% in 30 months
    • Dropped 32% in 15 trading days of late march 2000
    • Continued to drop until October 2002
  • Market value of household equities dropped from 10 to 4.8 Trillion