US Stock Market Cap to GDP Ratio 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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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
Related: Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 31, 2020
See also: Winter Is Coming: Examining the Economy’s Eight-Body Problem
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