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Prediction: A Stock Market Crash Is Coming. Here's the 1 Growth Stock I'd Buy Anyway.

Market valuations are unusually high.

Prediction: A Stock Market Crash Is Coming. Here's the 1 Growth Stock I'd Buy Anyway.

Published September 30, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

The S&P 500 index currently trades at 26.3 times earnings. That's well above its long-term average of roughly 16 times earnings.

Does that mean a market crash is coming? Not necessarily. Rising corporate profit margins have pushed market price-to-earnings ratios higher over the past two decades. And AI growth could justify the rich valuation.

Details

But above-average valuations tend to revert at some point. Whenever the next downturn happens, I'll likely be buying more of one particular growth stock.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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