
Artificial intelligence and Big Tech may dominate financial headlines, but another trend is capturing the wallets of Gen Z and millennial men: Pokémon cards.
Pokémon cards have soared in value by 3,261% over the past 20 years, according to data provided to Fortune from Card Ladder, a platform that tracks trading card prices. Even in the last year alone, the average Pokémon card rose nearly 46% — far outpacing the S&P 500's typical 12% annual return and even hot stocks like Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA).