This downturn is often referred to as the early 2000s recession or the dot-com bust recession, which was further deepened by the events of September 11, 2001.
Remember Y2K?
There it is below.
It happened...Basically the Nasdaq or New economy exponentially grew from February 8th, 1971 until March 10th, 2000 where it hit the Y2K singularity and imploded.
An almost perfect exponential growth curve from 1971 to 2000 or 29 years.
Back then the Nasdaq was called the New economy while the DOW was the old economy and it peaked too but did not collapse.
It traded sideways for over a year.
You can see below the long term resistance line.
What you are seeing is what is called a distribution top.
What is that?
That is where the general population are buying while the insiders sell off their soon to be worth less holdings into the hands of the buyers.
From the year 2000 until late 2001 the insiders were dumping massive amounts of stocks into the hands of the buyers.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average peaked on January 14, 2000, during the height of the dot-com bubble. On that day, the index reached an intraday high of 11,750.28Then in September 2001 the DOW collapsed through long term resistance and imploded following 911.
When stocks and the Dow dropped during the market turbulence and the 2001 recession, the U.S. Treasury bond market generally rallied and bond prices rose.
When stock markets fall, investors often shift their money into safe-haven assets like government bonds. As demand for bonds goes up, bond prices rise and bond yields (interest rates) fall.How are the two points connected?
3/10/2000 and 9/11/2001?
"Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957– May 2, 2011), also transliterated as Usama bin Ladin, was a founder of the pan-Islamic militant organization al-Qaeda. The group is designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, and various countries."The Nasdaq collapsed on Osama Bin Laden's birthday 3/10/2000.
The DOW traded sideways then collapsed down into 9/11/2001 where Osama supposedly masterminded the attack.












