{"id":3021,"date":"2026-06-05T14:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:00:05","slug":"letting-air-out-of-a-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/05\/letting-air-out-of-a-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting Air Out Of a Bubble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Hi,<\/div>\n<div>The following serves as the introduction to our June Review, which will address four major issues facing investors today.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Below is the introduction, sent now so that we do not appear \u201cbehind the curve\u201d had we waited until June 30.<\/div>\n<div>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><b>AI shares are in a valuation \u201cbubble.\u201d It is not that AI will fail to become a major technological leap. The issue is that today\u2019s largest companies are locked in a contest measuring 8.5 on a financial Richter scale, with the only possible result being value destruction: spending trillions of dollars, layering on leverage, and diluting shareholders through continuous equity issuance. In a race where every top-weighted firm in the S&amp;P 500 invests at a similarly escalating pace, all participants lose economic value over time.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>And even for their clients, the commercial outcome is far less transformative than the narrative suggests. AI may advance, but relative advantage does not, and investors are paying premium valuations for benefits that will be evenly distributed and quickly competed away.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Across cycles, your patience will be well rewarded, though we understand how bubbles (Bitcoin was the darling investment a year ago, now 42% lower) cause angst to those not part of it.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>This should be especially clear today as leverage rises across the board, private equity defaults hit record highs, and inflation-adjusted compensation growth over the past five-year bull market has been essentially zero.<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>THE COMPLETE REPORT SENT TO CT CAPITAL RESEARCH CLIENTS<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/05\/letting-air-out-of-a-bubble\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p><div class=\"tweetthis\" style=\"text-align:left;\"><p> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Letting+Air+Out+Of+a+Bubble+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.credittrends.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3021\" title=\"Post to Twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"nothumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.credittrends.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/tweet-this\/icons\/en\/twitter\/tt-twitter.png\" alt=\"Post to Twitter\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <a class=\"tt\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home\/?status=Letting+Air+Out+Of+a+Bubble+https%3A%2F%2Fwww.credittrends.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D3021\" title=\"Post to Twitter\">Tweet This Post<\/a><\/p><\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, The following serves as the introduction to our June Review, which will address four major issues facing investors today. 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