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August 1, 2025 >> What It Means for Your Portfolio?
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Dear all,
There are moments in the markets when I feel an odd mix of awe and apprehension, and this is one of them.
As I pore over the data from this week, I canβt help but think of the few times in history when weβve been here before - those rare instances when the music is still playing, but the floor beneath feels unsteady.
Iβve lived through enough cycles to recognize the signs, and the story they tell right now is one of excitement, but also of caution.
I remember 2008 vividly - the optimism that masked fragility, the overconfidence that seemed unshakable until it wasnβt.
Those experiences etched into my mind a lesson that is now as relevant as ever:
The market always rewards discipline and punishes complacency.
π Valuations that whisper warnings
The Wilshire 5000 to GDP ratio - the famous Buffett Indicator - is now sitting at two standard deviations above its historical trend, and that alone should make any serious investor pause.
Weβve only been here three times before: 1970, 2000, and 2021.
Each of those points marked a tipping point.
In the early β70s, the S&P 500 lost 36%; in the dot-com bust, nearly half the index vanished; and following 2021βs euphoria, we saw a bruising 24% decline.
These werenβt random corrections - they were painful reckonings that followed periods of exuberance.
Today, the same signals are flashing.
I donβt see them as predictions of doom, but as reminders that gravity eventually asserts itself.
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