Will Stocks Crash in 2026? Here Is What History Suggests.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it certainly it helps you see patterns -- especially in financial markets, which are characterized by booms and busts driven by macroeconomic factors like the business cycle and interest rates. After gaining a whopping 79% during the past five years, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) might be too pricey based on some valuation metrics. Let's dig deeper to decide how this story may play out during the coming months. The launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT in late 2022 set off a technology boom on a level not seen since the internet took off in the late '90s and early 2000s. Companies are scrambling to stay relevant in the market for training and running large language models (LLMs), which means spending huge sums on artificial intelligence (AI) chips and other compute hardware.Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate that cloud computing giants may spend an eye-popping $500 billion on AI hardware in 2026 alone. And the data center buildout will likely be responsible for a significant percentage of GDP growth this year. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool