Paul Shread

More signs of economic weakness weighed on stocks on Thursday, as traders waited for Friday's all-important unemployment report. The ISDEX

Now that a speculative edge has returned to the stock market again, it's probably a good time to look at some basic measures of valuation. If you're a

Wireless Internet and security stocks led internet.com's Internet stock index, the ISDEX, to a 24% gain in April, as an 86% decline in the index proved a

Net stocks soared more than 7% on Tuesday, and some former leaders gained 40% or more. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ soared 20 to 288, and the

Priceline.com led Net stocks higher during the day - and kept rising after hours after the company topped earnings estimates. The ISDEX

Security stocks, until recently one of the few Net sectors thought to be invincible, have begun to show signs of vulnerability. Last week, Check Point

Technology and Internet stocks ended April on a strong note, but blue chips finally fell victim to profit-taking after a five-week run-up. The ISDEX

Cisco and Microsoft, the twin pillars of the 1990s technology bull market, have been parting ways as of late. Microsoft is up more than 60% off its lows

Stocks surged Friday on news that the economy grew at a stronger than expected rate in the first quarter. The ISDEX http://www.wsrn.com/apps/ISDEX/ added

Blue chip stocks rose ahead of Friday's all-important first quarter GDP report, but technology stocks were weak amid more concerns about telecom equipment

Investors ignored negative comments about telecom equipment spending and news that Sun Microsystems will shut down for a week in July to send stocks

The boost from the latest Federal Reserve rate cut didn't last long, as earnings worries sent the Nasdaq and S&P 500 back below the level where the Fed