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Evercore ISI strategist Julian Emanuel observes that the S&P 500 is following the same pattern it did in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the tech bubble inflated, then burst.

From Barron's

After the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, regulators’ investigations into Wall Street analysts revealed an industry culture of unbridled optimism, unmoored by facts.

From Barron's

It was bursting with things for sale: piled on shelves, tied to the wall, hanging from the ceiling in baskets and hammocks.

From Literature

“It must have been Jarvis or one of his men,” I say in an angry burst.

From Literature

But while he does feel that stocks have been in “bubble territory for a prolonged period that, sooner or later, will burst,” signals suggesting imminence of a crash aren’t yet evident in markets.

From Barron's