Meanwhile, the total value of households' stock holdings grew more than fourfold over the 1990s, and stocks as a share of households' total assets increased from 10 percent in 1990 to 28 percent in 1999.
Households felt more comfortable holding stocks due to the dotcom boom.
mnli hypothesis: Households felt more comfortable holding stocks due to the dotcom boom. premise: Meanwhile, the total value of households' stock holdings grew more than fourfold over the 1990s, and stocks as a share of households' total assets increased from 10 percent in 1990 to 28 percent in 1999.