James K. Glassman: September 2001 Archives
The Information War
As bad as the fundamentals have become for most tech companies, as sluggish as our economy has become, and as cautious as the U.S. consumer is right now, some very powerful trends could soon be driving a rebound in technology...
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With A Little Courage, Plenty Of Blue-Chip Bargains Can Be Found
It is now time to think the unthinkable: buying stocks. In the five days after U.S. exchanges reopened following the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 14% - its second-worst...
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War and the Stock Market
Stocks fell sharply as trading reopened this week. That was to be expected. The classic pattern in nearly all American traumas is for markets to drop swiftly, continue to fall for a while, then recover powerfully. For example, the Dow...
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Not Terrorism, But War
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2001 -- The New York Times got it right: "U.S. ATTACKED." And so did President Bush this morning: "The deliberate and deadly attacks which were carried out yesterday against our country were more than acts of terror....
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In Wake of Attacks, What Happens to Stocks and Economy?
The U.S. stock markets reopen Monday after being closed since Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. What will stocks do? Much depends on what happens over the weekend, but, assuming there are no additional hijackings or...
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Content, Competition Are Key To Spreading Broadband; Not Relief For Bell Monopolies
Building broadband communications` pipelines isn`t enough, Harris Miller, president of the Information Technology of America Association, tells Tech Central Station host James K. Glassman. "We need to figure out how to get more demand there," Harris says. One key.
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The Immortality Portfolio
I'll give you the good news first. Scientific advances may allow you to live for several decades beyond your current life expectancy. Now for the bad news -- saving enough money for retirement could become a whole lot tougher. The...
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Another Journey on the Amazon
For the past year, Amazon.com has faced a chorus of Wall Street critics who say that the company is running out of money. In January, Amazon responded to the critics by forecasting a pro-forma operating profit for the fourth quarter...
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