Investor compares Buffett Indicator spike and trade deal euphoria to dot com bubble before 2000 collapse

TLDR:

• The dot-com era saw explosive stock gains from 1995 to 1999, with almost everything going up

• Examples like CYBR and JDSU skyrocketed despite weak fundamentals

• The crash began on March 24, 2000, and $QQQ didn’t recover its ATH until 2014

• The user kept buying the dip and dollar-cost averaging, which led to major losses

• Markets can stay irrational far longer than expected before reality hits

• Today’s market mirrors dot-com herd behavior, just with new players and headlines

• Buffett Indicator hit 216% of GDP, higher than dot-com’s 163%

• Trump’s tariff policy triggered volatility, but trade deals are being spun as economic miracles

• Financial media hype is back, just with a new narrative

• Lesson: take profits, don’t get greedy, and remember Buffett’s long-game wisdom

Trade Deals & the Dot Com, a comparison.🔽
During the dot com era the bull run was beyond epic. Starting around 1995 every stock I bought went up. By late 1999 I had no losers to speak of. Why? I had the financial media pumping all these stocks like CYBR (Cyber care) a company… pic.twitter.com/TbbYH0SWyv

— John (@market_sleuth) June 28, 2025

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Jeff Bezos, CEO of $AMZN has offloaded $5.4B+ worth of shares at $217.12/share today pic.twitter.com/eNX6DfQ5QH

— Salma (@salmaogs) June 28, 2025