By Trefis Team
Publication Date: 2025-11-28 10:00:00
The NVIDIA logo is displayed on a mobile phone with a visual digital background in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, November 18, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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“This time it’s different” are the four most dangerous words in finance. They are typically uttered just before a market crash to rationalize outrageous valuations. However, if one compares the AI surge in 2025 to the dot-com bubble in 2000, this phrase may actually have some theoretical validity. The rise of AI is not a repeat of the dot-com decline; it represents a completely new type of financial cycle.
In 2000 we experienced one Rating bubble where stock prices were disconnected from reality. We could be facing one in 2025 Capacity bubble (although infrastructure spending is unrelated to current benefits). First, let’s briefly analyze the two companies at the center of their respective booms. Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) in 2000 and Nvidia…