Wall Street's Biggest Bubble May Be Bursting Before Our Eyes, and the Consequences for the Stock Market Are Nothing Short of Disastrous

Published September 13, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

For the better part of the last four years, the stock market has been unstoppable. The artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out has lifted the time-tested Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC), and innovation-propelled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) to several new highs.

However, not even a historic AI-driven rally can sweep all of Wall Street's headwinds under the rug. A historically expensive stock market, coupled with the prospect of an AI bubble forming and bursting, is just one of the catalysts that threaten to pull the rug out from beneath investors.

Details

But what if I told you that AI isn't Wall Street's biggest bubble? Something far more sinister, with an impeccable track record of foreshadowing significant declines in the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite over the last 30 years, appears to be on the verge of a bubble-bursting event.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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