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  Economic bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An economic bubble (sometimes referred to as a "market bubble", a "financial bubble", or a "speculative mania") refers to a market condition in which the prices of commodities or asset classes increase to absurd or unsustainable levels (that no longer reflect utility of usage and purchasing power).
Economic bubbles are generally considered to have a negative impact on the economy because they cause misallocation of resources into non-optimal uses.
In addition, the crash which usually follows an economic bubble can destroy a large amount of wealth and cause continuing economic malaise as was the case of the Great Depression in the 1930s for much of the world and the 1990s for Japan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Economic_bubble   (645 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Stock market bubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets, in which a wave of public enthusiasm, evolving into herd behavior, causes an exaggerated bull market.
Economic bubbles There have been a number of famous individuals named John Law: John Law (economist) John Law (sociologist) John Law is also the name of a single by Dropkick Murphys.
Of course, the bubble itself is not the primary reason for wars, revolutions or even recessions, but a bubble is caused by and feed on the same economic conditions that tend to cause recessions and social unrest.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Stock-market-bubble   (1258 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Economic bubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Dot-com bubble (or dot-com speculative bubble) refers to the approximately four years of time (1997–2001) in which stock markets in Western nations had their value increase rapidly and most significantly in the technology and new Internet sector.
The Erection Index is an economic index based on the idea that market recessions begin at roughly the same the time the plans for the tallest building are announced or soon after.
In addition, the crash which usually follows an economic bubble can destroy a large amount of wealth and cause continuing economic malaise as was the case of the Great Depression in the 1930s for much of the world and the 1960s for Japan.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Economic-bubble   (2136 words)

  
 Economic bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Economic bubbles are generally considered to be bad things because they cause misallocation of resources into non-productive uses.
Another important aspect of economic bubbles is their impact on spending habbits.
It is usually very difficult to differentiate a stock market bubble from an ordinary bull market until it is over.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Bubble_economy   (216 words)

  
 Economic bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An economic bubble occurs when speculation in a good causes the price to increase, thus producing more speculation.
The price of the good then reaches absurd levels and the bubble is usually followed by a sudden drop in prices, known as a crash.
In addition, the crash which follows an economic bubble can destroy a large amount of wealth and cause continuing economic malaise as was the case of the Great Depression in the 1930s and Japan in the 1990s.
www.encyclopedia-online.info /Economic_bubble   (216 words)

  
 United States Housing Bubble Encyclopedia Article @ LandCompany.com (Land Company)
The United States housing bubble is the actual or hypothesized economic bubble in many parts of the U.S. housing market since 2001, especially in populous areas like California, Florida, the BosWash megalopolis, and the southwest markets.
A real estate bubble is a type of economic bubble that occurs periodically in local or global real estate markets.
A housing bubble is characterized by rapid increases in the valuations of real property such as housing until they reach unsustainable levels relative to incomes and other economic indicators.
www.landcompany.com /encyclopedia/United_States_housing_bubble   (8759 words)

  
 Stock market bubble - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Dot-com bubble of the late 1990s is one example [1].
Some of the first documented economic bubbles were the South Sea bubble in England in the 1700s and the Tulip bulb bubble in Holland in the 1600s.
The bubble in closed-end country funds in the late 1980s is instructive here, as are the bubbles that occur in experimental asset markets.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/stock_market_bubble   (798 words)

  
 The South Sea Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Better known than The South Sea Company is perhaps the "South Sea Bubble" (1711 – September 1720) which is the name given to the economic bubble that occurred through overheated speculation in the company shares during 1720.
In June, 1720, the Bubble Act (repealed in 1825) required all joint-stock companies to have a Royal Charter.
Furthermore, the scramble for liquidity appeared internationally as "bubbles" were also ending in Amsterdam and Paris.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Sea_Bubble   (1827 words)

  
 bubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bubble Gum Pictures of and stories from bubble blowers, and a list of movies in which bubble gum is featured.
Bubble - A Bubble may take the form of: a pocket of air or gas caught within a solid or liquid a spherical liquid film (often of surfactant, occasiona...
Bubble (economics) - While the exact technical definition of a an economic bubble is open to some debate, the general idea is readily accepted: when the price or general level of prices f...
www.serebella.com /search/topic-bubble.html   (599 words)

  
 Economic bubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Economic bubbles are generally considered to be things because they cause misallocation of resources non-productive uses.
In addition the crash which an economic bubble can destroy a large of wealth and cause continuing economic malaise was the case of the Great Depression in the 1930s and Japan in the 1990s.
It is usually very difficult to a stock market bubble from an ordinary bull market until it is over.
www.freeglossary.com /Bubble_economy   (508 words)

  
 The Economic Bubble and Its Aftermath - Japan in Recent Years - History - Japan - Asia
The bubble was triggered in 1985 by a sudden rise in the value of the yen.
The collapse of the bubble ushered in a period of prolonged economic slowdown.
Blame for the continuing economic slowdown was laid at the door of the MOF, which did little despite strong domestic and foreign demands for economic deregulation and greater market freedom.
www.countriesquest.com /Asia/Japan/History/Japan_in_Recent_Years/The_Economic_Bubble_and_Its_Aftermath.htm   (410 words)

  
 Economic bubble -- An economic bubble occurs when speculation in a commodity...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Economic bubble -- An economic bubble occurs when speculation in a commodity...
An economic bubble occurs when speculation in a commodity causes the price to increase, thus producing more speculation.
Others take the view that there is a "fundamental value" to an asset, and that bubbles represent a rise over that fundamental value, which must "inevitably" return to that fundamental value.
economic-bubble.en.tracking24.net   (298 words)

  
 Bubble economy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Economic bubbles are generally considered to be bad things because they cause misallocation of resources into non-productiveuses.
In addition, the crash which follows an economic bubble can destroy a large amount of wealth and cause continuing economicmalaise as was the case of the Great Depression in the 1930s and Japan in the 1990s.
When the bubble occurs in equity markets, it is called a stockmarket bubble.
www.therfcc.org /bubble-economy-19668.html   (166 words)

  
 Economic Bubble Encyclopedia Article @ GreatArtworks.com (Great Artworks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
An economic bubble (sometimes referred to as a "market bubble", a "financial bubble", or a "speculative mania") refers to a market condition, where the prices of commodities or asset classes increase to absurd levels (that no longer reflect utility of usage and purchasing power).
Participants in a market with goods that are overvalued, spend more because they "feel" richer (the Wealth Effect).
When the bubble inevitably pops, those who held on to these assets usually experience an opposite feeling of poorness.
www.greatartworks.com /encyclopedia/Economic_bubble   (587 words)

  
 South Sea Bubble   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In June the Bubble Act (repealed in 1825) required all joint-stock companies to have Royal Charter.
Balen's account of the "South Sea Bubble" is an entertaining account rather than an exhaustive historical examination of the events surrounding the South Sea Companies rise and fall in the early 18th century.
During the collapse of the so-called Internet bubble, the legendary Dutch fiscal intoxication with tulips, called tulipmania, was widely cited as a lesson from history.
www.freeglossary.com /South_Sea_Bubble   (723 words)

  
 Tokyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tokyo was already the nation's political, economic, and cultural center, and the emperor's residence made it a de facto imperial capital as well with the former Edo Castle becoming the Imperial Palace.
In the 1980s, real estate prices skyrocketed during an economic bubble: many got rich quick, but the bubble burst in the early 1990s and many companies, banks, and individuals were caught with real estate shrinking in value.
As one of the major cities of the world, Tokyo has over eight million people living within its 23 wards, and during the daytime, the population swells by over 2.5 million as workers and students commute from adjacent areas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokyo   (2953 words)

  
 MONEY FILE$ -- HOUSE BUBBLE REPORT
The cauldron was bubbling healthily with high growth, low inflation, high productivity, capital inflows, strong dollar, new paradigm and miracle economy as ingredients and never an "Adder's fork" or "blind-worm's sting," nor an eye of Enron, nor a wool of WorldCom, nor "a hell-broth boil and bubble" in sight.
It is no coincidence that these are areas in which the late 1990s economic bubble bubbled hottest and where the post-bubble pain is being felt first.
But the unprecedented resilience of housing in the face of recession and economic weakness has raised fears that it is in a bubble like the one seen in the stock market in the late 1990s.
www.moneyfiles.org /hbubble.html   (7213 words)

  
 How to Recognize a Bubble - Rules to Avoid the Next Stock Market Crash
"Bubbles are invisible to those inside the bubbles" and we have been through one of the biggest economic bubble in history, but none of us saw it because we were inside that bubble.
After the "Tech Wreck" of 2000 and other Chaotic Events, you need to be aware of "Bubbles" and the "Stage of the Bubble" in order to get on the right side of the equation and to profit.
The coming Inflationary Bubble caused by the U.S. Government's attempt to mitigate the effects of the crash of these Bubbles and 9/11.
www.solerinvestments.com /Online-Trading/Stock-Market-Crash.htm   (547 words)

  
 ArgMax Economics Weblog: Bubble Confusion
The economic growth of the 1990s, however, was real: unemployment declined to record lows, growth was relatively high, incomes grew, and poverty declined.
A stock bubble affects the economy similarly to expansionary monetary policy, so "bubble economy" may not be precise but it is descriptive.
The result is that you will not see an economic bubble because PRODUCTION does not go down as fast and deep as the stock market after an "irrational exhuberance" period, however the total value of goods in the economy does go down substantially more than GDP.
www.argmax.com /mt_blog/archive/000310.php   (1245 words)

  
 bubble theory
search Stock market bubble Stock market bubble A Stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble in which an exaggerated bull market where the...
A stock market bubble may set the stage for a later stock...
com company stocks is a good example of a bubble, which burst in late 2000 and through 2001...
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 PrudentBear.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
It was a bloodbath in the euro pits, with the implied yield on December Eurodollar futures surging 47 basis points to 3.89%.
Bonds were hammered globally, with strong economic data in Australia (and faltering U.S. bonds) fueling a 37 basis point rise in 10-year yields to 6.38% (the highest yield in 22 months!).
Moreover, we continue to believe traditional analysis is disadvantageous, preferring instead to recognize that we are in the midst of an extraordinary financial and economic Bubble environment – NOT a traditional business cycle.
www.prudentbear.com /credit.htm   (2789 words)

  
 18/9/2003 - Water Conserve: Deflating the Bubble Economy Before it Bursts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Our existing economic output is based in part on cutting trees faster than they grow, overgrazing rangelands and converting them into desert, overpumping aquifers, and draining rivers dry.
But if the bubble that is based on the overconsumption of the earth's natural capital bursts, it will affect the entire world.
One of the keys to deflating the bubble is redefining security--recognizing that military threats to our future are being eclipsed by environmental threats such as falling water tables and rising temperatures.
www.waterconserve.info /articles/reader.asp?linkid=25678   (1878 words)

  
 Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Chapter 1: A Planet Under Stress world population ...
In ecology, as in economics, we can consume principal along with interest in the short run, but in the long run it leads to bankruptcy.
The bursting of these two bubbles affected primarily people living in the United States and Japan, but the global bubble economy that is based on the overconsumption of the earth's natural capital assets will affect the entire world.
The challenge for our generation is to deflate the economic bubble before it bursts.
www.earth-policy.org /Books/PB/PBch1_intro.htm   (1102 words)

  
 PrudentBear.com - The One-Stop Shop for the Bear Case   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
For years, this strange coincidence of soaring asset inflation and simultaneous moderate consumer price inflation was hailed as a sign of economic health and dynamism.
certainly has a house price bubble, but it does not have a "bubble economy" in the sense that the rising house prices are used to boost consumer borrowing and spending for other purposes.
But to repeat, the pivotal hallmark of a "bubble economy" is that the ballooning asset prices are widely used as collateral for a general consumer borrowing and spending binge.
www.prudentbear.com /archive_comm_article.asp?category=Guest+Commentary&content_idx=40300   (988 words)

  
 Plan B: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Chapter 11: Plan B: Rising to the ...
Plan B is a massive mobilization to deflate the global economic bubble before it reaches the bursting point.
continuing environmental degradation and disruption and a bursting of the economic bubble.
Bubble economies, which by definition are artificially inflated, do not continue indefinitely.
www.earth-policy.org /Books/PB/PBch11_intro.htm   (265 words)

  
 The Washington Times: Editorials/OP-ED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The twin events of September 11th and the bursting of the 1990s economic bubble — as their effects unfold — may be deeply reshaping American public opinion and public policy in a manner now but dimly perceived.
In its simplest terms, an economic bubble is a sustained and ever-heightening increase in the price people are willing to pay for something — beyond its natural and sustainable value.
The two most conspicuous examples of a busted bubble leading to deflation and contraction of the economy are the Great Depression of the 1930s and Japan's contraction that is now entering its second decade.
www.washtimes.com /op-ed/20030513-090509-3939r.htm   (832 words)

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