2 days ago - (Bloomberg) -- As the artificial intelligence trade continues to push the stock market to new highs, investors are increasingly asking if we’re living through another financial bubble that’s destined to burst.

18 hours ago - Debt funding has also raised the risk of the bubble. Analysts at Morgan Stanley estimated that debt used to fund data centers could exceed $1 trillion by 2028. A Goldman Sachs chief equity strategist believes the rapid increase in stock valuations is likely justified by powerful and sustained profit growth. Goldman also noted that valuations for the large US growth stocks that led the market higher in the bull market since October 2022 are modest compared to the dot-com bubble.

November 25, 2025 - Over the past 5 trading days, the S&P 500 fell 1.65%, while NASDAQ declined 2.26%, led by a tech sell-off, despite a blockbuster result from Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) reflecting investor concerns over the AI bubble.

November 20, 2025 - The ratio of U.S. equity wealth to total money today resembles historical peaks seen in the lead up to the Great Crash of 1929 and the dotcom bubble of the 2000s, Dalio suggested in his blog, implying that that the next 10 years of real returns in stocks—that is, price appreciation adjusted for inflation and other effects—is pretty much zero. He isn't alone in forecasting paltry future returns implied by market indicators.

Wharton’s Itay Goldstein discusses financial bubbles, the mechanics of betting against them, and the risks facing the AI boom. ... Wall Street rides an AI-fueled rally that has pushed major indices to new highs that’s driven largely by a handful of dominant tech firms. As enthusiasm around artificial intelligence reshapes markets and concentrates risk, questions are mounting about whether the surge reflects durable growth or the familiar shape of a speculative bubble.

News reports are filled with widespread fears that America’s biggest corporations are propping up a bubble that will soon pop. During my visits to clients in Asia and the Middle East last month, I was often asked about the possibility of a bubble surrounding artificial intelligence, and my discussions gave rise to this memo. I want to start off with my usual caveats: I’m not active in the stock market...

1 week ago - The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is on pace to close out the year with a gain of over 17%, powered by a 26% jump in technology stocks (XLK). “I don't see a bubble at all. However, I do believe we're going to be going into a bubble,” Sanctuary Wealth chief investment strategist Mary Ann Bartels told Yahoo Finance last week. ... Batels compared the current market to prior bubbles, including the late 1920s and the dot-com bubble.

The market appears to have priced in a lot of good news, creating high expectations for future growth. While this may indicate overvaluation, a true bubble is characterized by a relentless and unsustainable rise in valuations. The U.S. market has been considered expensive for several years now and recent strong market returns have primarily been driven by earnings growth rather than by multiple expansions. Figure 1: Stock ...

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December 1, 2025 - Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newslettersSubscribe ... Ray Dalio spied the dotcom bubble early. “We’re approaching a blow-off phase of the US stockmarket,” said the founder of Bridgewater, one of the world’s biggest hedge funds.

3 weeks ago - The stock market is hovering around record highs amid fears that artificial intelligence (AI) could be a bubble.

November 20, 2025 - Talk of a stock market bubble has become omnipresent on Wall Street as investors eye lofty valuations in the tech sector and concerns grow about the billions being poured into AI investments.

November 14, 2025 - Stock market bubbles frequently produce hot markets in initial public offerings, since investment bankers and their clients see opportunities to float new stock issues at inflated prices. These hot IPO markets misallocate investment funds to areas dictated by speculative trends, rather than to enterprises generating longstanding economic value.

In the Nasdaq as a whole, they identify a clear speculative bubble from 2017 through the end of 2021—well before the market’s downturn in 2022—and again from December 2022 through January 2025, meaning the recovery is also exhibiting ...

October 15, 2025 - The term "bubble," in an economic context, generally refers to a situation where the price for something—an individual stock, a financial asset, or even an entire sector, market, or asset class—exceeds its fundamental value by a large margin. Because speculative demand, rather than intrinsic worth, fuels the inflated prices, the bubble eventually but inevitably pops, and massive sell-offs cause prices to decline, often quite dramatically.

1 month ago - But investors worry that pulling money from today’s market risks future gains. ... Dec. 9, 2025 · The stock market has broken multiple records this year, brushing past tariffs and signs of a strained American consumer, and recovering from a recent dip, largely because of the promise of artificial intelligence.

November 19, 2025 - According to the conventional wisdom, as expressed most recently by Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio, stock market bubbles only burst when the Fed starts to tighten monetary policy. If that is indeed the case, the current bubble could go on for ...

2 days ago - The Swiss bank UBS has advised clients that markets could “could face new challenges” if AI progress slows, inflation picks up again, or debt problems resurface. After a bumper 2025 for the UK stock market and the FTSE 100 blue-chip index crossing the 10,000-point threshold for the first time on Friday, analysts and retail investors are confident of more gains in 2026.

November 24, 2025 - In other words, the richest Americans who are heavily invested in equities are driving more of the economy than during previous bubbles, accounting for a much larger proportion of consumption. “So the economy, if you like, is more vulnerable than it was in the ’87 crash,” Edwards explained, with a 25% or greater correction in stocks meaning that consumer spending will surely suffer—let alone a 50% lurch. Edwards told Bloomberg he was concerned about the widespread participation of retail investors who have been dragged into the market, encouraged to “just buy the dips.” This belief that “the stock market never goes down” is dangerous, Edwards warned, arguing that a 30% or even a 50% decline is very possible.

1 week ago - Silver is overbought with the currently rally showing some signs of a bubble, according to Ned Davis Research. The metal surged more than 10% on Tuesday to close at an all-time high of $77.92, bouncing back from its worst day in four years on Monday.