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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Just Hit Record Highs -- but Wall Street's 2 Biggest Risk Factors Keep Getting Worse

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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Just Hit Record Highs -- but Wall Street's 2 Biggest Risk Factors Keep Getting Worse Key Points In less than three weeks, the Nasdaq Composite's correction and the S&P 500's pullback were completely erased…
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  • Investors are anticipating a quick end to the Iran war

    60% confidence
  • The 10 stocks selected by Stock Advisor could produce monster returns in the coming years

    60% confidence
  • The Strait of Hormuz closure represents the largest energy supply disruption in modern history

    60% confidence
  • The odds have shifted away from the FOMC cutting rates in 2026 to raising them before the year ends

    60% confidence
  • Even if the Iran conflict ends quickly, inflationary effects are likely to ripple through the U.S. economy for several quarters to come

    60% confidence
  • When the S&P 500's Shiller P/E becomes extended to current levels, declines of at least 20%, if not substantially more, have become the expectation based on history

    60% confidence
  • There is one little-known company called an 'Indispensable Monopoly' providing the critical technology Nvidia and Intel both need

    60% confidence
  • A historically expensive stock market just became even pricier

    60% confidence
  • The near-term outlook for the stock market continues to worsen, despite the strength that the major indexes have exhibited over the last couple of weeks

    60% confidence
  • The inflationary effects of President Donald Trump's actions are likely to ripple through the economy for some time

    60% confidence

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S&P 500 · total return comparison199 percent
S&P 500 · shiller pe ratio40.57 ratio
S&P 500 · shiller pe ratio historical average17.35 ratio
Dow Jones Industrial Average · distance from record close3 percent
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Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
Two significantly different EPS values (10.21 vs 2.68 USD_per_share) are reported for Morgan Stanley on the same observation date (2025-12-31). Fact A specifies FY 2025, while Fact B's 'N/A' fiscal period is ambiguous. If both represent FY 2025 annual EPS, these values directly conflict. The magnitude of the difference (3.8x) is too large to attribute to rounding or minor calculation variations. The missing fiscal period in Fact B raises data quality concerns, but same-date observation + same attribute should reference the same period.
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