Key Takeaways. A bubble is an economic cycle that is characterized by the rapid escalation of market value, particularly in the price of assets. This fast inflation is followed by a quick decrease in value, or a contraction, that is sometimes referred to as a "crash" or a "bubble burst."
What causes a financial bubble?
Bubbles occur when prices for a particular item rise far above the item's real value. Examples include houses, Internet stocks, gold, or even tulip bulbs and baseball cards. Sooner or later, the high prices become unsustainable and they fall dramatically until the item is valued at or even below its true worth.
What happens when a financial bubble pops?
During a bubble, investors continue to bid up the price of an asset beyond any real, sustainable value. Eventually, the bubble "bursts" when prices crash, demand falls, and the outcome is often reduced business and household spending and a potential decline in the economy.
Which was an example of a financial bubble?
Here are five examples of historic speculative bubbles: the Dutch Tulipmania (1634-1638); the Mississippi Bubble (1719-1720); the South Sea Bubble (1720); the Bull Market of the Roaring Twenties (1924-1929); and Japan's "Bubble Economy" of the 1980s.
What causes a bubble in the stock market?
Typically, a bubble is created by a surge in asset prices that is driven by exuberant market behavior. During a bubble, assets typically trade at a price, or within a price range, that greatly exceeds the asset's intrinsic value (the price does not align with the fundamentals of the asset).
How do you identify a financial bubble?
- A story has captured the market's imagination.
- Prices rise regardless of news.
- Other asset prices are soaring, too.
- New traders say that old investors 'don't get it'
- Stock valuations in the top percentiles.
What is a recent example of a financial bubble?
A bubble burst can have a devastating effect on the economy, even on a global scale. The most recent example is the Great Recession after the market crash in 2008.
What was the first financial bubble?
The Dutch bubble burst first 'Tulipmania' as it is known today is generally cited as being the first example of an economic, or financial bubble. The tulip was introduced to the Dutch via Ottoman Empire traders. 'TulipmaniaTulipmaniaIn February 1637, tulip traders could no longer find new buyers willing to pay increasingly inflated prices for their bulbs. As this realization set in, the demand for tulips collapsed, and prices plummeted—the speculative bubble burst.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tulip_maniaTulip mania - Wikipedia' as it is known today is generally cited as being the first example of an economic, or financial bubble. The tulip was introduced to the Dutch via Ottoman Empire traders.
When was the financial bubble?
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a different kind of bubble. Like only a few others in history, it grew big enough that, when it burst, it damaged entire economies and hurt millions of people, including many who were not speculating in mortgage-backed securities.
What happens when the economic bubble pops?
A range of things can happen when an asset bubble finally bursts, as it always does, eventually. Sometimes the effect can be small, causing losses to only a few, and/or short-lived. At other times, it can trigger a stock market crash, and a general economic recession, or even depression.