Six tech stocks set for big gains

The technology sector had a good start to 2005, but disappointing results from the likes of Apple and Yahoo have hit the sector's big names. But that doesn't mean investors should bail out of the sector. We uncover six stocks that look set to grow strongly in the year ahead...

At the beginning of this year, technology, and US technology in particular, really seemed the place to be. The sector rose 6.3% in the first two weeks of the year more than it did in all of 2004 and 2005 combined.

And within that rise, says Katherine Griffiths in The Independent, there were some "soaraway" performers. Investors, thrilled by the 14 million iPods that flew off the shelves in the run up to Christmas, poured into Apple and others, and, noting the way in which Google, Yahoo and Ebay have become part of our lives, bid their shares up to levels not seen for several years. Indeed, for the first few weeks of January it seemed that the tech bulls were finally going to see a year go their way.

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