Is the AI boom another dotcom bubble?

25 years on from the dotcom bubble bursting, is it time for investors to consider the sustainability of the AI boom in the stock market?

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The dotcom bubble is now an infamous example of stock market overexuberance. Many would argue that the current AI boom is a classic case of history repeating itself. Is this fair, though – and how similar or different is the AI boom to the dotcom bubble?

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Dan McEvoy
Senior Writer

Dan is a financial journalist who, prior to joining MoneyWeek, spent five years writing for OPTO, an investment magazine focused on growth and technology stocks, ETFs and thematic investing.

Before becoming a writer, Dan spent six years working in talent acquisition in the tech sector, including for credit scoring start-up ClearScore where he first developed an interest in personal finance.

Dan studied Social Anthropology and Management at Sidney Sussex College and the Judge Business School, Cambridge University. Outside finance, he also enjoys travel writing, and has edited two published travel books.