Are US Stocks in a Bubble?

Irrational Exuberance on Steroids

After having been burnt by the bursting of the South Sea Bubble, Sir Isaac Newton famously said that he could calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of men. We have to wonder what he might have made of today’s US stock market bubble. Seldom before in the postwar period have America’s macroeconomic policies been as troubling for the country’s longer-term economic outlook as they are today. Seldom have the geopolitical r…

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Are US Stocks in a Bubble?

For more than two years, U.S. stocks have pushed higher almost without pause. Tech giants fueled by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom dominate headlines, meme stocks are staging spectacular comebacks, and investors are borrowing record sums to chase gains. With valuations stretched and bullish sentiment running high, many are asking: Are U.S. stocks in a bubble? “Bubbles are easy to identify in hindsight, but not necessarily when you are ins…