Big Bang II
Posted on April 7, 2008
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What do the Cern Particle Accelerator and the Nasdaq have in common? At first glance absolutely nothing at all. The first is about to launch an experiment to recreate the “big bang” which could see us all implode and disappear into a black hole while the second did almost implode during the latest market stress and panic.
As the particle accelerator is due to test later this year the scientists have had to build their own super fast internet in order to capture the massive volume of data which will be generated and distributed to participating universities. During this experiment “frozen screen” syndrome is not an option so the scientists have built their own superfast internet based on grid servers. Not only will this make the current world wide web obsolete it also opens up a world of communication which so far has only featured in the realms of science fiction. I urge you to read the link.
Meanwhile the Nasdaq, as a composite of tech stocks, is often the place where we are likely to see the first signs of any recovery from a bear market. In my opinion there will be a recovery and that will be based once again on technology and this time on dot com mark II. Cern offers us just one tantalizing glimpse of the future but dot com mark II is already here with the extraordinary development of Web 2.0 tools. The gap up at the end of March and recent strong gains cannot be dismissed merely as “bear bounce”.
So often as traders and investors we are so battered and panicked by manufactured financial storms that we have neither the will nor the strength to see that new opportunities and new markets are developing right before our eyes.
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