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Despite short-lived volatility tied to the Iran war in March, 2026 is shaping up to be another banner year for the stock market. Since early June, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES:^DJI), benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC), and technology-powered Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX:^IXIC) have blasted to respective all-time highs.

Burry called the AI boom “just an asset bubble, plain and simple,” directly comparing today’s enthusiasm to the dot-com era that preceded a massive crash.

As it gets closer to the end of 2026, it looks like the market has a fair chance of scoring another year of double-digit gains. Anything can happen over the next five months, but year to date, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is up 13.4%. If it remains steady or rises further, it will be…

Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, delivered one of his starkest warnings yet on the current market environment during a wide-ranging appearance on The Diary of a CEO podcast with host Steven Bartlett, arguing AI enthusiasm has pushed markets into bubble territory reminiscent of 1929 and 2000. His warning arrives just as the…