The period following the stock market crash of 2000 saw a sharp, prolonged drop in business investment in high-tech equipment, with growth in this area not resuming for several years. How does this post-crash investment behavior serve as evidence for the idea that 'overinvestment' occurred during the preceding boom?

Analysis of the Dot-Com Investment Bubble

Analyzing an Investment Cycle

The sharp and prolonged decline in business investment in IT equipment after the 2000 stock market crash indicates that the technologies developed during the preceding boom were fundamentally not viable.

Arrange the following events to accurately represent the typical cycle of an investment bubble and its subsequent correction, as exemplified by the high-tech sector in the late 1990s and early 2000s.