Sometimes it seems as if the educational world is rocked by the revolutionary shifts taking place in the business world. Stones cast into corporate ponds create ripples and tidal waves that all too often crash on our educational shores. Providing an array of products to support the networking of the digital economy. Investors are asking questions about value. They are nervous that this bubble will burst.
Investors are confused and undecided.
One week the darlings of the new economy soar while market commentators project the demise of the old economy's aging blue chips - an economy based on outmoded notions such as profits, income, value and return on investment. The following week, folks come to their senses, unload their technology stocks and rush back to the blue chips. But not for long. There are fantastic riches to be made backing the new companies, while the blue chips drag along offering nothing much more than respectable profits and dividends. They make for boring bets and require a long term perspective.