According to @business, US stocks are extremely expensive versus history, but Bank of America strategists say the S&P 500’s sky-high valuations may be warranted and reflect a new normal rather than a bubble. Source: Bloomberg @business, 2025-09-24. No direct crypto commentary was provided, but traders in risk assets can monitor US equity sentiment as a macro input for positioning. Source: Bloomberg @business, 2025-09-24.

According to Charlie Bilello, current US equity valuations are exceeded only by the 1999-2000 dot-com period, while the Federal Reserve is now cutting rates rather than hiking as it did then (source: Charlie Bilello X post on Sep 15, 2025; source: his linked YouTube video). He highlights this policy-valuation divergence and openly questions whether it risks forming the biggest bubble, underscoring a critical macro backdrop for traders (source: Charlie Bilello X post on Sep 15, 2025). For crypto positioning, elevated stock valuations and easier policy can transmit to BTC and ETH via the rising post-2020 equity-crypto correlation documented by global authorities (source: IMF Global Financial Stability Report, October 2022).