Stocks were on track Friday to snap a three-day losing streak that may have felt worse to investors than history indicates it should, according to analysts at Bespoke Investment Group.

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US stocks were on track for their third day of losses as bond yields spiked and AI excitement wore thin.

The S&P 500's Shiller P/E ratio cleared 40 for the first time since the dot-com bubble, when it preceded a 49% crash in the benchmark stock index.

Wall Street is entering its strongest quarter of the year with markets at their most expensive levels on record. That sets up a paradox for investors. Valuations are stretched like never before but both seasonal and structural tailwinds suggest the rally isn’t slowing anytime soon.

Yale economist William Goetzmann says investors are generally too worried about a market crash, and the best move is to stay invested through the volatility.

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The S&P 500’s cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio just hit 40 for the first time since 2000. The metric — popularized by Nobel-winning economist Robert Shiller — takes the S&P 500 and divides it by the average of its inflation-adjusted earnings over the last 10 years.

U.S. stocks closed higher Friday as investors parsed the latest inflation data from the Fed's preferred gauge. All three major U.S. equities benchmarks snapped three straight days of declines.