Once upon a time there were hundreds of high-tech companies introducing new technologies in computers, software, and information services. 
Companies with big prospects saw the price of their shares run up thousands of percent in just a couple of years. 
Some stocks would double in only a week, a few were up 5,000%. 
Investors just couldn't see that the bubble had to burst. 
But it did, of course, beginning a bear market that wiped out thousands of new millionaires.

Does it sound like I'm repeating myself? Keep reading.

Prices for some companies dropped 80-90% and many companies disappeared within a year or two.

"Why are you telling me this?" you ask. Well, the year was 1969.

Here are some of the losers:
  	1968
High 	    	High in
2002$ 	    	1970
Low 	    	'68 to '70
% Drop
Fairchild  	$102 	  	(510) 	  	$18 	  	- 82%
Teledyne 	72 	  	(360) 	  	13 	  	- 82%
Control Data    	163 	  	(815) 	  	28 	  	- 83%
Mohawk Data 	111 	  	(535) 	  	18 	  	- 84%
Electronic Data Systems  	162 	  	(810) 	  	24 	  	- 85%
Optical Scanning 	146 	  	(730) 	  	16 	  	- 89%
University Computing    	183 	  	(830) 	  	13 	  	- 93%