“Black Swan” author Nassim Taleb is warning investors about the fragility of wealth concentration in technology stocks, particularly highlighting Nvidia Corp. NVDA following its recent 17% decline amid the emergence of DeepSeek‘s artificial intelligence model.
What Happened: In a post on X, Taleb cautioned that the electric vehicle sector could follow a similar trajectory, writing, “Next: electric cars.” This warning is underscored by historical examples such as General Motors Company GM, which pioneered electric vehicles with the EV1 but ultimately filed for bankruptcy in 2009.
He pointed to Sir Clive Osborne, who pioneered the laptop computer but went bankrupt, and AltaVista‘s quick disappearance from the search engine market after Alphabet Inc. GOOGL GOOG subsidiary Google‘s emergence.
Speaking at Miami Hedge Fund Week, Taleb told Bloomberg that investors should brace for potential drawdowns “two or three times bigger” than Monday’s selloff, which he considers “completely in line with expectations” given the market structure.
“Everyone is focused on the same story,” Taleb said, drawing parallels between Nvidia’s current market position and historical examples of innovative companies that failed to maintain their lead.
The renowned risk expert emphasized how market wealth has become concentrated in a small number of stocks, particularly highlighting Nvidia’s trillion-dollar valuation. “This highlights how fragile the entire economic structure is,” Taleb noted, suggesting that the recent pullback might be “just the beginning” of a larger market adjustment.
Why It Matters: The tech sector’s history is riddled with similar cautionary tales. International Business Machines Corp. IBM created the personal computer revolution in the early 1980s but watched Microsoft Corp. MSFT and Intel Corp. INTC capture the lion’s share of industry profits.
Similarly, Palm Inc.’s groundbreaking personal digital assistant technology was eventually overshadowed by Apple Inc.‘s AAPL iPhone, which revolutionized the smartphone industry.
Another striking example is Xerox Corporation XRX, which developed the graphical user interface at its PARC facility but failed to commercialize it effectively.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. NTDOY faced a similar fate when it pioneered gaming consoles, only to see Sony Group Corp SONY dominate the market with PlayStation. Even Eastman Kodak Company‘s invention of the digital camera in the 1970s couldn’t prevent its eventual bankruptcy as others capitalized on the digital revolution.
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