As long as they are declining, that is bullish for the stock market. Market breadth is the only indicator that is not aboard the bullish bandwagon. Even so, the “stocks only” breadth oscillator’s sell signal has been canceled out.

The benchmark S&P 500 hit its latest record, setting up Wall Street to ride into the Christmas holiday on a high note.

The S&P 500, the Dow and the Nasdaq are all within touching distance of record highs, having surged through 2025, with U.S. president Donald Trump predicing a 2026 “boom.” However, as traders brace for the "biggest merger in history, the $3 trillion bitcoin and crypto market could be flashing a warning sign to stocks.

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The NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange will both close at 1 p.m. ET on Christmas Eve, according to their websites. The stock and bond markets will reopen for regular hours, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 26 until the next scheduled closure is on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in observance of the new year.

While no one can predict the future, I asked ChatGPT to look more deeply into the history of stock market bubbles and what might happen if the AI bubble bursts.

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At 1:02 pm, the BSE Sensex was down 386.20 points to 85,022.50, while the NSE Nifty50 fell 106.80 points to trade at 26,035.30. Most of the broader market indices were also trading in negative territory as volatility rose during the session.