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Several of the leaders that you listed besides AOL have been laggards. Notably, those in search engines/portals (also known as content aggregators) and the ISPs. Below are the groups broken out with a partial listing of component stocks:
INTRCONT General Content Provider AOL,CNET,GNET,INKT,INSP,LCOS,SEEK,VERT,XMCM,YHOO INTRFINL Financial Services AMTD,EELN,EGRP,NDB,NTBK,NXCD,SCH,WITC INTRISPS Access Providers ATHM,CNCX,ELNK,HSAC,MSPG,PSIX,VRIO INTRMISC Miscellaneous Services APNT,CMGI,CYBS,DIGX,EGOV,EXDS,FFIV, HRBC,ISLD,NSOL,PXCM,SAPE,SCNT, SE,USWB,VIAN INTRMKTG Marketing Services ACRU,ADFC,DCLK,ENGA,MMPT,MMXI,NETP,WEBT INTRRETL Consumer Retail ABTL,AMZN,BNBN,CDNW,EBAY,ETYS,TMCS INTRSEC Security AXNT,CHKP,ENTU,ISSX,NETA,RNBO,RSAS,VRSN,WGRD INTRSOFT Software ALLR,ARBA,ARTG,BVSN,BWEB,CLRS,INTW,MACR,USIX, VIGN,VRTY INTRSPEC Niche Content Provider ADBL,CHINA,ITVU,MKTW,NETS,SPLN
Prior 1999 High Recent Peak Date Price Aug 10 Low Date High Friday Close INTRCONT 4/09 4371 1960 (-55%) 10/07 3268 3134 (+ 60%) INTRFINL 4/14 2359 903 (-62%) 8/26 1275 1212 (+ 34%) INTRISPS 4/13 2850 1245 (-56%) 10/12 1680 1607 (+ 29%) INTRMISC 7/16 1224 784 (-36%) 11/05 2106 2003 (+155%) INTRMKTG 4/13 1182 543 (-54%) 10/12 946 1142 (+110%) INTRRETL 4/14 4898 2414 (-51%) 10/11 3804 3358 (+ 39%) INTRSEC 1/20 345 209 (-39%) 9/15 295 281 (+ 34%) INTRSOFT 4/14 679 409 (-40%) 10/12 780 978 (+139%) INTRSPEC 4/13 602 292 (-52%) 9/10 468 483 (+ 65%)
The froth is primarily in the stocks of those companies viewed to be selling services (consulting, software, marketing, etc.) and products (networking equipment) to the spenders (content providers, ISPs, and retailers).
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