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Just in time for the AI bubble burst
Tweet reports Intel shares have reclaimed losses from the 2000 dot-com bubble. Sentiment: 40.10% support, 26.09% confront. Reaction analysis and implications.
BREAKING: Intel shares officially recover all losses from the 2000 dot-com bubble burst.
Real-time analysis of public opinion and engagement
What the community is saying — both sides
Many replies celebrate relentless HODLers — patience paid off after decades and OG investors are getting credited for holding through the tough years.
jokes: A flood of humor and mockery — grandpa/Pentium‑3 memes, “finally broke even,” and disbelief at taking a quarter century to recover.
as the catalyst: Numerous commenters attribute the comeback to AI, chip demand, and recent tech strength — Intel’s relevance restored by structural industry shifts.
opportunists: Some ask “what’s the exit plan?” and urge selling while green — treating the rally as a chance to realize gains.
A subset insists Intel remains undervalued and that the run is just beginning — calls for continued conviction rather than cashing out.
A few warn this looks like a new dot‑com era or a revved-up bubble, urging skepticism despite the dramatic recovery.
and irony: Several replies lament ruined loss-harvesting strategies or poke fun at investors who missed the opportunity to lock in tax benefits because the stock finally recovered.
Counting monetary debasement, long-term Intel holders are reported to be still materially underwater (about 45% down).
The rally is widely characterized as driven by AI hype and likely to pop when that cycle fades.
Holding Intel since 2000 is framed as a lost chance—$10K in the S&P then ≈ $65K today, while Intel holders waited decades to merely recover nominal value.
Critics point to cash burn, foundry losses, sky-high forward P/E and argue the current valuation isn’t justified by the company’s recent product progress.
Threads allege fake shares, naked shorting and note a contentious claim that the U.S. government holds a large stake.
Commenters draw a line to the 1999–2000 peak—market-cap and hype comparisons underline a narrative of long recovery and cyclical boom/bust.
A vocal slice of replies urges action—“dump it” / “time to go home”—or boasts about having sold years ago to avoid the long drawdown.
Most popular replies, ranked by engagement
Just in time for the AI bubble burst
26 years to break even. in nominal terms. adjust for inflation and you're still down about 45%. meanwhile $10K in the S&P in January 2000 is worth ~$65K today. Intel holders spent a quarter century recovering money that would've 6x'd in an index fund doing nothing
$INTC holders since 2000 :
never thought id see the day
Taking inflation into account, this is retarded for a retard 🤣
We got any people who held all the way through? $INTC
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