AI and technology booms follow a predictable pattern: they begin with massive capital expenditure, the market then works to determine how to generate returns from that capex, eventually discovers insufficient likely business models to justify the investment within a 4-5 year timeframe, and subsequently experience a sharp collapse in share prices (as happened with the dot-com bubble and Amazon's 90% decline, though Amazon later proved to be the right answer).

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Russell Napier

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technology booms before. And they begin with a massive capex expenditure. But then either the market or the board, it begins to work out how on earth you're going to get a return from the capex. And at some stage, we begin to work out that at least in the four or five year time frame, there's far too much investment and no likely business.

Source

Understanding The AI Opportunity with Russell Napier | The 2025 Prime Quadrant ConferencePrime Quadrant
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:40:36 AM

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