often attributive
: a company that markets its products or services usually exclusively online via a website
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The increase in options trading among novice investors and the obsession with high-risk assets reflect historical events like the dot-com bubble and the 2021 meme stock frenzy, when stocks like GameStop shot wildly.
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Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
First the dot-com bubble, then the Great Recession Many in Generation X entered the workforce around the time of the dot-com bubble, the tech-stock boom that went bust in 2000, sending the stock market tumbling.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Domenick’s held these rallies through 2019, until their host, a real estate agent during the dot-com boom who also had a website bought out for $60 million, passed away.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
That trend has been running since the end of the dot-com bubble.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Jim Osman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
First the dot-com bubble, then the Great Recession Many in Generation X entered the workforce around the time of the dot-com bubble, the tech-stock boom that went bust in 2000, sending the stock market tumbling.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
Domenick’s held these rallies through 2019, until their host, a real estate agent during the dot-com boom who also had a website bought out for $60 million, passed away.
—Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
That trend has been running since the end of the dot-com bubble.
—Michael Foster, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Dot-com.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dot-com. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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