tech bubble

"This time it's different".It's always different. When Cisco hit US$80 a share in 2000, making it the most valuable company in the world (worth US$555bn), it was different. It was also different when Goldman traded at US$235 in 2007 (and when AIG hit over US$2000 in 2000 and around US$1500 ...

Twitter is looking to raise another round of private financing, as reported by the Wall Street Journal, quoting "people familiar with the matter". This time the value is US$7billion, almost double of what it was valued at the end of 2010.Clearly there’s still a hunger for tech stocks in the ...

Are we in a bubble? This is the common question as I chat with people at various events around Silicon Valley.The concern that many are expressing is that if it's a bubble, then a crash is not far off. But that's a misdirection of concern, I'm far more worried that ...

Depending on when you start counting, social media sites have been the world's favourite shiny new toy for almost a decade now.Today, valuations of these businesses are not serious until they have a billion or so pricetag attached to them. So what is driving these astronomical figures?Technology commentator Tom ...