In 2000, when the Internet bubble burst, Amazon stock fell in a short period from $113 a share to $6 a share.

Judged as of the date made, against Amazon's historical share price around the dot-com crash. The claim's precision is the prices as stated (nominal, not split-adjusted, as traded then). True: AMZN traded at about $113 at its December 1999 peak (intraday or close, within about ±5%) and fell to about $6 (about $5.50–6.50) at its 2001 low, over roughly two years or less, which counts as 'a very short period'. Mostly true: both prices are right within about ±10%, or the low came in 2001 rather than 2000 as the proposition says. Mostly false: the decline was real but the endpoints are substantially wrong (e.g. the low was about $10), or the figures are on a mismatched basis that inflates the drop. False: no decline of this kind happened.

Set before the research began.

1. E1 12 Magnificent Stocks for Rocky Markets Kiplinger's Personal Finance (James K. Glassman column) · 18 August 2011

   “From December 1999 through September 2001, Amazon shares fell from $113 to $6.”

2. E2 0000891020-00-000622.txt (Amazon.com, Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal year ended December 31, 1999) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (filed by Amazon.com, Inc.) · 2000

   “the reported sale price of our common stock on the NASDAQ National Market was as high as $113.00 and as low as $41.00 per share.”

3. E3 By 2001, His Amazon Shares Had Fallen 93% And Wall Street Was Predicting The Company Would Go Bankrupt. Bill Miller Didn't Care, He Doubled Down At $6 A Share. 24/7 Wall St. · 1 October 2026

   “Per CNBC, the stock bottomed around $6 in 2001.”

I rated this true. Amazon's 10-K for fiscal 1999 says its stock sold for as much as $113.00 per share during the year (E3). An independent Kiplinger column says the shares fell from $113 to $6 between December 1999 and September 2001 (E1), and a 24/7 Wall St. article says the stock bottomed around $6 in 2001 (E4). Both prices match what the criteria require for true, over less than two years. The criteria's true condition names a 2001 low, so I did not lower the rating because the proposition dates the crash to 2000, although the criteria could also be read as calling for "mostly true" on that point.