Technology opportunities within the Aim market

The technology boom and bust rollercoaster of recent years has provided a challenging time for all investors, with market volatility and declining valuations constant themes in 2001. Technology stocks continued to suffer through the third quarter of last year, hit by both the global economic slowdown and then by the terrorist atrocities of 11 September. Increased risk aversion led investors to shun the sector, which had all too visible detrimental knock-on effects. However, the US Federal Reserve's aggressive monetary easing policy post-11 September appears to have alleviated fear...