BREAKDOWN: US Stock Market Cap to GDP Reaches 190%, Eclipsing Dot-Com Bubble High

The booming stock market is driven by perception of the Federal Reserve’s commitment to high prices and growing individual trading, but how sustainable is it?

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The booming stock market is driven by perception of the Federal Reserve’s commitment to high prices and growing individual trading, but how sustainable is it?

This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

Today’s episode of The Breakdown looks at the stories the stock market is trying to tell, including:

New all-time high in total market capitalization to GDP ratio (higher than dot-com bubble)
“No precedent for how high” valuations can go
Fed denies asset bubble; intimates it wouldn’t care about asset bubbles if full unemployment comes with them
Bezos at $200,000,000,000
Percentage of stocks traded by individuals reaches all time high of 20%
Robinhood leads in FTX complaints
Buffett’s Japan trading firm bet

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