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Billionaire investor Paul Tudor Jones warned that U.S. stocks are dangerously overvalued, forecasting negative returns over the next decade and highlighting the S&P 500's valuation as reminiscent of the 2000 dot-com bubble. His comments put pressure on equities, while the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield held steady and gold prices saw modest gains.
"Bitcoin is unequivocally the best inflation hedge that there is — more than gold," Jones said in an interview with the 'Invest Like the Best' podcast. He argued that while gold supply increases annually, Bitcoin's hard cap makes it a scarcer and more reliable store of value during periods of aggressive monetary and fiscal stimulus.
Jones pointed to the U.S. stock market capitalization to GDP ratio, which stands at 252%, as a primary concern. He noted this is near the 270% peak of the 2000 dot-com bubble and significantly higher than the 65% top in 1929 or the approximate 90% level before the 1987 crash. "If you buy the S&P at this current valuation, the 10-year forward returns [are] negative," he said.
The core risk, according to Jones, is the economy's high leverage to equities. He warned that a market downturn could have cascading effects, particularly on the government's budget. "10% of our tax revenues are capital gains. They go to zero," he said, explaining that a collapse in this revenue stream would cause the budget deficit to blow up and could "smoke" the bond market, creating a "negative self-reinforcing effect."
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