Deep Dive: Technology continues to excite but investors must beware 'boring history'

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Technology remains one of the most talked about sectors of recent years, but investors must be mindful of the enormous diversity within the space and the long history of technological advancements, according to experts.

One of the key risks facing technology investors is the unbridled optimism that often accompanies such developments, as Mark Murray, senior investment analyst at Morningstar, warned, citing the "extrapolation of high growth into the decent future". Investors raise human rights concerns over facial recognition technology "On top of having performed well recently, these stocks usually carry exciting and gripping narratives making us forgot about boring history and long-term data," he said. "While it can be tempting to view the current group of companies as unique and history as not r...