Propelled by the explosive growth in artificial intelligence (AI) investments, Cisco Systems—a company that once ranked among the "Nasdaq Four Horsemen" during the heyday of the internet bubble—has witnessed its stock price soar to an unprecedented all-time high after a quarter-century. On Wednesday, Cisco's shares concluded the trading session with a 0.9% increase, closing at $80.25, thereby eclipsing its previous record peak, which had held firm for over 25 years. It was on March 27, 2000, that Cisco's stock price reached its zenith, a moment widely acknowledged as the pinnacle of the internet bubble. Notably, the tech-laden Nasdaq 100 index took until late 2015 to finally surpass its own historical high from the internet bubble era.
