THE NASDAQ PEAKED ON MARCH 10, 2000. IT DIDN'T CLOSE ABOVE THAT LEVEL AGAIN FOR 15 YEARS
Nasdaq Composite close on March 10, 2000: 5,048.62
By Oct. 9, 2002, it had fallen to 1,114.11, a drop of about -78%.
It finally closed above its 2000 peak on April 23, 2015.
Plenty of the companies behind the bubble were real and changed the world. Investors still paid far too much for them.