It might be interesting to see the past , every year has been personified by some of the personalities left their impression
on financial markets.
Its a year by year collection pick out with a different fad that really captured the attention in that year and dollars of the investors Class.
Year |
Themes |
Personified by |
1996 |
Initial public offerings, Microbrews, Irrational Exuberance |
Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman |
1997 |
Viagra, Cigars, Telecom/Cable |
John Malone, Chairman of Liberty Media |
1998 |
E-tail, Venture Capital, Click & Mortar |
Jeff Bezos, Founder and CEO of Amazon.com |
1999 |
B2B Internet, Y2K, Tracking – Stocks, Carve- outs |
Frank Quattrone, Silicon Valley Investment banker |
2000 |
Wireless, Optical networking, competitive local exchange carriers |
Jack Grubman, Smith Barney Telecom Analyst |
2001 |
Old economy, Defensive stocks |
Warren buffet legendary value investor |
2002 |
Security Tech and Defence Companies |
Donald Rumsfeld US secretary of Defence |
2003 |
Biotech, Fiber to The Premises , More Biotech |
Mark B. McCleallan FDA Commisioner |
2004 |
VOiP, 3G, Wireless Rollout, China |
Patricia Russo, CFO of Lucent Technologies |
2005 |
Oil, Homebuilders, India, verticals/Life settlements |
T Boone Pickens, Oil and Gas Magnate |
2006 |
Residential Real Estate, Green/Cleantech, LBO, Video Games |
Bob and Bruce Toll, Home builders |
2007 |
Private Equity, Hedge Funds, BRIC, Commercial RE |
Stephen Schwartzman CEO of Blackstone Group |
2008 |
Gold , leveraged ETFs, Short Selling |
John Paulason Hedge Fund Manager |
2009 |
Dollar carry trade, Emerging Markets, Commodities |
Benjamin Bernanke Federal Reserve Chairman |
2010 |
Mobile web, Metals and Miners, Tablets/Smartphones, Venture Capital |
Steve Jobs , Apple CEO |
2011 |
Social Media IPOs, Currency Trading, Risk on – Risk off, Dividends |
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany |


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