dot-coms

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1. Colloquial name given to start-up companies that sell goods and services over the Internet. Dot-coms proliferated in the 1990s, but many failed by early 2000. The name comes from the “.com” ending of the Internet address of such companies.

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dot-coms

The longer earnings momentum declines while a stock goes higher, the harder the stock eventually falls — just like what happened to the dot-coms in 2000.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Why the artificial-intelligence advertising spree could be the last hurrah — like the dot-coms in 2000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

“All this suggests that for AI companies, unlike dot-coms, the marginal cost of sales is relatively high, and the potential profit margin correspondingly thin,” Gave writes.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

At the turn of the century, people were trying to make it big investing in money-losing dot-coms.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

In the 1990s, dot-coms changed the nature of business for good.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2021