u/Historical_Flow3890 ·
Reddit — r/stocks
· May 06, 2026 at 20:10
· ⬆ 89 pts
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The author argues that the US stock market is "unbreakable" due to passive investing, AI-driven momentum, and aggressive Fed intervention, dismissing geopolitical risks and inflation as irrelevant.
Key thesis: Massive money printing to support AI, a “buy every dip” retail mentality, and structural changes from passive investing make a crash nearly impossible.
Quality assessment: This is speculative, emotionally charged noise with little quantitative backing. The post lacks fundamental analysis and relies on narrative extrapolation.
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Nasdaq is up 18percent in a single month. That is a shocking sign. Many will be bearish about this alone, but we’re all aware of how corrupt the stock market really is. This could rally even further beyond rational expectations. Many would’ve said it already had been euphoric.
The US stock market is so incredibly resilient and its irrationality can continue for even years! It’s impossible to disrupt. Tariffs,war,oil,energy,gold,silver,bonds. Nearly every sign of a major economic crisis has been testing the stock market. Passive investing has become too common for the US stock market to experience any significant declines.
Oil jumped 100percent YTD
Most countries that are allies now have a more unfavourable view of the US for the first time in history.
But this stock market driven by AI seems unbreakable. The impression I’m getting is the US will print however much money is needed to make AI successful, certainly it feels like stocks will not fall. We have many companies like OpenAI, Anthropic,X IPO near the end of 2026.
Congratulations to those who held your investments through this conflict with Iran. The US stock market is genuinely unstoppable, every correction is bought without hesitation,passive investing has changed the stock market permanently and forever. I don’t think even the Fed will allow stocks to fall/crash without intervention.
What are your year end predictions for the S&p500?
I’m thinking 8300
Nasdaq rallied +18% in one month; author claims every correction is bought immediately due to passive investing and Fed backstop. If the market indeed remains "unbreakable," a buy-and-hold approach on the S&P 500 should continue to benefit from momentum, AI catalysts, and institutional flows. Go long SPY with a year-end price target of 8300 (roughly +10% from current levels), riding the "melt-up" thesis. A sudden spike in inflation, a hawkish Fed pivot, or a geopolitical black swan (e.g., Iran conflict escalation) could break the momentum. Counter‑argument from u/No-Contribution1070 warns this is exactly when the market breaks.
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