BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : APRIL 3, 2000 ISSUE
A World of Hype
-- On the Silicon Investor Web site, there are 26 message boards devoted entirely to CNBC chat
-- Investors now hold an average Nasdaq stock for 5 months, vs. 2 years a decade ago
-- Wall Street advertising zoomed 95% last year to $1.2 billion--3 times what it was 5 years ago
-- Buy recommendations outnumber sells by 72 to 1. The ratio 10 years ago was 10 to 1