AI Stock Euphoria Masks a High Probability of Company Failure
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Finley Sheridan
Ray Dalio · Apr 14, 2026
Source: DojiDoji Data Terminal
Canadian investors with broad index or tech exposure face valuation risk in TSX-listed companies like Celestica, Kinaxis, and OpenText. These valuations have risen based on AI-related confidence, with Celestica reporting 44% year-over-year revenue growth in Q4 2025.
This risk stems from investor enthusiasm pushing valuations higher across the tech sector, specifically for companies tied to chips, cloud infrastructure and generative AI tools. Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, views the current AI boom as 80% of the euphoria that preceded the 1929 stock-market crash or the 2000 dot-com bubble.
When expectations outpace what companies deliver, valuations can become disconnected from economic reality. Historically, a small percentage of companies survive the start of a technological shift. A technology can transform the world while the majority of companies built around it collapse.
Diversification into assets like gold, which outperformed the S&P 500 by 47% in 2025, hedges against equity market stress.
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