Technology shares in China and the US have delivered spectacular returns in 2020. Apple, which has a market capitalisation of more than $2-trillion, is up about 60% since the beginning of the year, while Amazon, with a market capitalisation of almost $1.6-trillion, has seen its share price surge almost 70%.

In this environment there is a huge requirement for top-line growth, and analogies have been drawn to the year 2000 when technology outperformance over wider indices was last so stark...

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