Stumbling Stock Market Raises Specter of Dot-Com Era Reckoning
An attendee checks the internet inside a "bubble, a transparent plastic zone to avoid the interference from the outside", during a tech expo in 2000.
Photographer: Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
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A revolutionary new technology comes along and infatuates investors with its seemingly limitless possibilities. Euphoria sparks a stock market rally. Eventually things get overheated and share prices become ridiculous. Then it all collapses.
Sound familiar?