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14. Cisco Systems, yet another California company, created routers and
networking equipment that enabled companies to link up geographi-
cally dispersed local area computer networks. The stock rose nearly
2,000% from November 1990 to March 1994. In 10 years—1990 to
2000—it soared an unbelievable 75,000%.
15. International Game Technology surged 1,600% in 1991–1993 with
new microprocessor-based gaming products.
16. Microsoft stock was carried up almost 1,800% from March 1993 to the
end of 1999 as its innovative Windows software products dominated
the personal computer market.
17. PeopleSoft, the number one maker of personnel software, achieved a
20-fold increase in the 3 ⁄2 years starting in August 1994.
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18. Dell Computer, the leader and innovator in build-to-order, direct PC
sales, advanced 1,780% from November 1996 to January 1999.
19. EMC, with superior computer memory devices, capitalized on the
ever-increasing need for network storage and raced up 478% in the 15
months starting in January 1998.
20. AOL and Yahoo!, the two top Internet leaders providing consumers
with the new “portals” needed to access the wealth of services and
information on the Internet, both produced 500% gains from the fall of
1998 to their peaks in 1999.
21. Oracle’s database and e-business applications software drove its stock
from $20 to $90 in only 29 weeks, starting in 1999.
22. Charles Schwab, the number one online discount broker, racked up a
414% gain in just six months starting in late 1998, a period that saw a
shift to online trading.
23. Hansen Natural’s “Monster” energy drinks were a hit with the workout
crowd, and Hansen Natural’s stock bolted 1,219% in only 86 weeks
beginning in late 2004.
24. Google gave the world instant information via the Internet, and its
stock advanced 536% from its initial offering in 2004.
25. Apple and the new iPod music player created a sensation that carried the
company’s stock up 1,580% from a classic cup-with-handle base price
pattern that was easy to spot on February 27, 2004—if you used charts.

And if you missed that last golden opportunity, you had four more classic
base pattern chances to buy Apple: on August 27, 2004; July 15, 2005;
September 1, 2006; and April 27, 2007—plus four more after March 2009.