N Nvidia's stock market value skyrockets, equivalent to that of Inditex, Santander and Repsol combined. At this rate, it seems only a matter of time before the microchip company will surpass the Saudi oil monopoly Saudi Aramco.

Just as Cisco did the internet infrastructure in the 1990s - and the market rewarded it for it - Nvidia is now doing the "screws" of AI, and its stock market award is historic. The anecdote has once again taken on a life of its own 176 years after the first gold nuggets appeared.