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Brennan Asset Management's Q2 2026 letter notes declining oil prices amid Iran truce optimism and high S&P 500 valuations driven by AI infrastructure spending. The fund also detailed its value-orient…
Macro investor Jordi Visser warns AI is disrupting traditional valuation models and compressing S&P 500 multiples, despite robust earnings growth. He expects government intervention to cap Treasury y…
The S&P 500's Shiller CAPE ratio reached 42.2, its highest level since the dot-com bubble peak. While high valuations raise caution, current market leaders possess stronger earnings and cash flows th…
Michael Burry warns the AI boom is an asset bubble akin to the dot-com era. The Shiller CAPE ratio sits at 42.56, just 3.7% below its 1999 peak, signaling historically elevated valuations and leaving…
Article critiques accounting inconsistencies, noting Alphabet's Q2 net income was 71% inflated by unrealized paper gains from Anthropic/SpaceX stakes, not core operations, questioning true earnings q…
Article discusses S&P 500's strong recent returns amid crash concerns from high inflation, expensive CAPE valuations, and AI spending uncertainty. Recommends building cash reserves to buy dips, citin…
Article highlights Vanguard International High Dividend ETF (VYMI) outperforming S&P 500 funds in 2026, citing stretched US valuations and AI-driven concentration risk as reasons to diversify interna…
S&P 500 trades near 52-week highs at 27.5x earnings, far above historical average. Vanguard forecasts muted 4.2-6.2% annual returns for the next decade, citing elevated valuations reminiscent of the …
JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns hidden margin debt and leverage are historically high, citing parallels to 1999, 2007, and 2021 before major market downturns, urging investor caution.
S&P 500's dividend yield has hit a record low near 1% as mega-cap tech stocks dominate the index, squeezing retirees' income and prompting many to shift toward Treasurys or money-market funds instead.
S&P 500 near record highs amid strong earnings and falling valuations (forward P/E down 9% YTD). Raymond James highlights Civeo (CVEO) and Alnylam Pharma (ALNY) as Strong Buy picks, though neither tr…
Rapid corporate adoption of AI agents is boosting productivity and satisfaction, according to Accenture, with 82% of executives planning increased AI investment—potentially lifting S&P 500 valuations…
Viral chart comparing S&P 500's 2026 rally to the 1999 dot-com bubble sparks debate. Shiller CAPE near 40 alarms bears, but strong AI-driven earnings and cash-flow funding counter bubble claims, per …
Analysis from Putnam and LPL suggests S&P 500's AI-driven rally, though at elevated valuations, is supported by earnings growth. Historical data shows staying invested through volatility outperforms …
SPLG (S&P 500 ETF) trades 12.2% above its 200-day average near 52-week highs, but the rally is narrow—driven mainly by a few tech mega-caps—and valuations sit above historical norms, prompting a trim…
Analysts flag that S&P 500 earnings growth is inflated by unrealized investment gains ('other income') from stakes in SpaceX, Anthropic, and Intel held by Alphabet, Amazon, and Nvidia, masking weaker…
S&P 500 tech concentration hits record highs as AI capex surges 876% since 2019. Analysts warn of free cash flow pressure for mega-cap tech through 2028, while non-tech companies show healthier balan…
Nvidia dips amid broad tech weakness and market pullback but remains a strong buy due to AI growth and its large S&P 500 weight amid improving earnings forecasts and lower Treasury yields supporting …