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Wall Street’s relentless rally this summer has driven stock valuations close to record levels, prompting warnings that “euphoric” markets are entering bubble territory.

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Just because you missed out on the huge rally in the S&P 500 since April 8 doesn't mean it's necessarily a bad time to put money to work.

In short, history says the stock market is about to soar, and most Wall Street analysts who follow The Trade Desk ( TTD 0.48%) and Pure Storage ( PSTG -0.59%) have buy ratings on the stocks. Among 42 analysts, The Trade Desk has a median target price of $90 per share. That implies 10% upside from its current share price of $82.

The stock market opened higher on Friday, a day after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite hit fresh record high closes. The S&P 500 (SP500) +0.1%, the Dow (DJI) +0.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) was flat.

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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched record highs this week, with investors appearing to brush off any uncertainty stemming from tariff talk and the conflict in the Middle East.

Wall Street Is Cautious About the Market Rally. What Will Really Drive Stocks Now. Wall Street is still treating the current stock market rally with caution, even after a near 30% or trough-to-peak surge for the S&P 500 over the past three months, as tariff and interest-rate uncertainty linger into the start of the second-quarter earnings season.

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It's sort of like a rock sitting on the edge of a cliff. If you can put enough sort of oomph into it, you can get it over the cliff, then gravity does the rest. The metaphor kind of breaks down because the stock's moving up, so the gravity seems to be pointing the other direction.