Tag Archives: Economic bubbles

NASDAQ is Back at 2000 Dot-Com Bubble Level

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On Monday the NASDAQ closed above 5,000 points (Nasdaq Composite closed at 5,008.10). It has been almost to the day 15 years that the NASDAQ was over 5,000. Back then we have been at the end of the...

The One Piece Of Data That Could Pop London’s Housing Bubble

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I’m often told that buying a new house is a stressful experience. But in London, it’s downright terrifying. Prices are shooting up at unprecedented rates, with a 10 percent jump recorded in just one...

Week Ahead: Jobs, Earnings, Emerging Markets, Debt Ceiling & Twitter

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Stocks in the Dow Jones have lost about 5% so far this year already – and in the next week U.S. shares will have to navigate another storm of big company earnings, data on job creation and other...

Of Tulips, Twitter And Other Bubble Phenomena

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One of the first historically recorded speculative bubbles happened with tulip bulbs in the Netherlands in the 1630s, when intense speculation caused an investor mania for the flower. ...