The Buffett Indicator and Shiller P/E Ratio Are in Rarified Territory -- Are Things About to Get Ugly for Stocks?

Two closely watched historical valuation metrics are making history in all the wrong ways.Investors have been taken on quite the ride in 2025, but have been handsomely rewarded for their patience.Shortly after President Donald Trump announced his tariff and trade policy on April 2, the broad-based S&P 500 (^GSPC -0.55%), widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI -0.19%), and growth-dominated Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC -0.95%) plummeted. The S&P 500 endured its fifth-steepest two-day percentage decline ...