There are two overarching reasons to be concerned about the stock market right now: Stock valuations are alarmingly high, yet volatility is eerily low. When this has been the case in the past, these two trends reversed course, with stocks falling and volatility rising.
If you're worried about the height of the stock market, you may want to start thinking about ways to hedge your holdings. Image source: Getty Images.
It's possible that stocks will keep rising to infinity, though that doesn't seem probable. Stocks could rise if tax reform is passed, but at some point, stocks will correct. And when they do, at least according to the head of JPMorgan Chase's (NYSE: JPM) investment bank, the correction will be acute.
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