Wall Street braces for a different 2021 with tech giants to take a back seat
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Wall Street braces for a different 2021 with tech giants to take a back seat
By Jeran Wittenstein
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As 2021 approaches, many on Wall Street are bracing for unfamiliar territory: a year when technology companies may not be the biggest stars of the stock market.
The Nasdaq 100 Index is on track for its best year in more than a decade with a 43 per cent advance so far in 2020, led by companies with triple-digit gains and eye-watering valuations like Zoom Video Communications and DocuSign. That's raising speculation that the rally may fizzle at least for a while in 2021, when the group's earnings growth is projected to lag behind less-expensive sectors like industrials.