Another tech boom, another dot-com bubble?

As high-flying technology companies grab the attention of equity investors and questions re-emerge as to the sustainability of their share gains, is it dot-com déjà vu all over again?
Investing in next-generation tech: A sure win?
Investing in next-generation tech: A sure win?
April 09, 2018

In the late 1990s an irrational run-up in speculative investments around internet-related stocks turned into what became known as the dot-com bubble, which subsequently burst, dragging on global economic growth and setting back technological development.

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