The outlook for 2011 is still jittery and the after effects of the financial plunge down of 2009-10 can still be felt though the market pulse is getting steady. However all this may change if the financial markets recover over the next few months of 2011. The red tape associated with going public does not really help the entrepreneurs and it has been noted that only 20 technology companies were able to go public last year. Too much scrutiny and extensive paper filing was one of the detrimental effects of the financial meltdown.

One the other hand Asian economies didn’t suffer as much as the Western financial markets. However, as an impetus to the market recovery, many Chinese owned companies are going public in the US stock market and hopefully that will enhance the financial markets in US. Good investment returns are expected especially with over 50% of the stocks above the offer prices in the technology companies. Though most of the companies are high profile, there are many mid-level companies that have been vying for attention and are doing well.

With high demand for better security, there are many cloud computing companies that have become the forerunners of success in the year 2011. Most of them have invested money and time to secure their share of lucrative earnings. It has been said that nearly $3.5 trillion will be added as more and more companies use the state of art technology of cloud computing for data center access globally. New venture capitalists intend investing on alternate sources of power, life sciences and better security and technology ensuring more jobs in the coming decade.

It is possible that 2011 may again see the advent of strong technology shares in the market as it was before 2007. The constant evolution of Smartphones, wireless technology gives impetus to technological innovations as they have become a backbone of daily lives. It is possible to again see a revival of the technology stocks in 2011 which can catapult a strong economy. The financial meltdown has affected not only the Western economies but the long after effects can not be ignored. 2011 has come like a harbinger of good news with a change in the job market, rise and stability in the economy and a boost to the financial markets.

Market has severely jolted big-wigs such as Microsoft and others that were riding on loyalty of the customers but with changing technology and applications, they need to compete with smart phones and tablet PCs to remain on the top. Talks    are on about higher security coverage to internet browsers, spam filters amidst other features in the new Microsoft IE 2011. Technology companies need to come up with smaller and better devices, user friendly applications that are more imaginative and creative.

It would be exciting to see how the technology related to better financial stock markets and vice-versa, in 2011. The year holds unlimited potential for better jobs, recovering economy and stronger financial markets.

The Federal Reserve increased interest rates 6 time between 1999 and early 2000 and as the economy began to suffer the confidence in dot com companies began to wain.  In the previous 5 years dot com companies achieved incredible prices for their stocks and investors experienced enormous growth.  Technology was released into the market without much consideration as to what the market required.  The companies positively thrived as money was poured into them but there were no real tangible assets. The multiple rise in interest rates, the findings of United States v Microsoft case which stated that Microsoft was a monopoly on 3^rd April together with massive orders to sell Dell Cisco and IBM stock were all contributory factors to the collapse of the NASDAQ and the bursting of the dot com bubble as it was known.

The financial meltdown can and probably will happen again, because the problems that caused the recession have not been resolved and there is contradictory opinion as to what caused it.  Because of the lack of experience most politicians have of this scale of financial crisis, it may well be that they will gather experience from the current one to better enable them to deal with the next, many economists believing that it will occur around 2016 – 2018

However, good technology companies and providers are unlikely to be badly affected should there be another financial meltdown because they are no longer living in an age where the internet is relatively new and they are more than aware of consumer requirements and demands.  Technology has progressed over the past 10 years at a speed that no one would have envisaged in the year 2000.

There is now a dependency on technology, a lot of which would be impossible for the consumer to live without and investors are more informed as to what it is that they have invested in, whereas in the mid nineties to early 2000 investors jumped  on the bandwagon of what appeared to be a huge money making machine.  Technology still is a great investment but technology companies are working extremely hard to provide consumers with what they need as opposed to just selling an idea as many of the dot com’s did in the early days.

Technology companies will provide more jobs in the next few years; they will supply consumers with the ability to work from home, products and services to enhance the growth of business and many more things that we don’t yet know about.  They are the future and there are few people nowadays that can envisage a life without the internet, without a PC, a cell phone and any number of things that are used on a daily basis to assist us with our work, communication and our pleasure.

It may be that technology companies will assist in resolving the current financial crisis but only the government is capable of creating feasible policies that work to provide solutions and to ensure that there is not another financial meltdown.

The Federal Reserve increased interest rates 6 time between 1999 and early 2000 and as the economy began to suffer the confidence in dot com companies began to wain. In the previous 5 years dot com companies achieved incredible prices for their stocks and investors experienced enormous growth. Technology was released into the market without much consideration as to what the market required. The companies positively thrived as money was poured into them but there were no real tangible assets. The multiple rise in interest rates, the findings of United States v Microsoft case which stated that Microsoft was a monopoly on 3rd April together with massive orders to sell Dell Cisco and IBM stock were all contributory factors to the collapse of the NASDAQ and the bursting of the dot com bubble as it was known.
The financial meltdown can and probably will happen again, because the problems that caused the recession have not been resolved and there is contradictory opinion as to what caused it. Because of the lack of experience most politicians have of this scale of financial crisis, it may well be that they will gather experience from the current one to better enable them to deal with the next, many economists believing that it will occur around 2016 – 2018
However, good technology companies and providers are unlikely to be badly affected should there be another financial meltdown because they are no longer living in an age where the internet is relatively new and they are more than aware of consumer requirements and demands. Technology has progressed over the past 10 years at a speed that no one would have envisaged in the year 2000.
There is now a dependency on technology, a lot of which would be impossible for the consumer to live without and investors are more informed as to what it is that they have invested in, whereas in the mid nineties to early 2000 investors jumped on the bandwagon of what appeared to be a huge money making machine. Technology still is a great investment but technology companies are working extremely hard to provide consumers with what they need as opposed to just selling an idea as many of the dot com’s did in the early days.
Technology companies will provide more jobs in the next few years; they will supply consumers with the ability to work from home, products and services to enhance the growth of business and many more things that we don’t yet know about. They are the future and there are few people nowadays that can envisage a life without the internet, without a PC, a cell phone and any number of things that are used on a daily basis to assist us with our work, communication and our pleasure.
It may be that technology companies will assist in resolving the current financial crisis but only the government is capable of creating feasible policies that work to provide solutions and to ensure that there is not another financial meltdown.