Tech sector expected operating profit growth rate is 16% in 2006, compared with 14% for energy and 13% for the average blue-chip company, Thomson data shows. Prices are rising. Apple  up 19% this year, Seagate Technology up 21% and Cisco up 11%. The Stock market is thinking bull. The sector is hot and ideas and companies are hitting the ground fast. Sentiment has finally turned positive after long years of negativity.