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NEWS ABOUT: market bubble

market bubble stories: 10 news summaries

Bubbles Reinflating,
World Bank Warns

Asian asset prices soaring as recovery takes hold

Nov 4, 09 3:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Efforts to boost economic recovery are having the dangerous side effect of creating new bubbles in property, stock, and currency markets, the World Bank warned yesterday. Commodity prices are also surging, with gold hitting a record price yesterday. The effect is most pronounced in Asia, where recovery has come soonest,... More »

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stock market • World Bank • Hong Kong • market bubble • housing bubble • assets

OPINION

 Krugman: We've All 
 Been Madoffed 


Feb 16, 09 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Bernie Madoff’s investors thought they were getting richer every quarter. Then, one day, they discovered their wealth “was a figment of someone else’s imagination,” writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times. And sadly, that’s a pretty good metaphor for America’s experience this... More »

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debt • Paul Krugman • savings • market bubble • economy • Great Depression • Bernard Madoff

 Tea Bubble Bursts, 
 Leaving Chinese Broke 

Boom and bust results in a bitter fate for tea-growing heartland

Jan 17, 09 10:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of people in China's Yunnan province were left in the cold when the country's red-hot tea market collapsed last year, the New York Times reports. The newly affluent nation went wild for the Pu'er region's distinctive fermented tea—said to reduce cholesterol and cure hangovers—during its decade-long boom.... More »

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China • tea • Chinese economy • market bubble • speculation • recession depression

ANALYSIS

Clinton's Gains-Tax Break Pumped Up Housing Bubble

Eliminating levy on profit from home sales encouraged Americans to play the market

Dec 19, 08 11:18 AM CST
(Newser) - A tax break introduced by President Clinton and made law in 1997 helped fuel the housing bubble that eventually led to the current economic crisis, the New York Times reports. The cut, which allowed owners to sell their homes without paying capital-gains taxes on profits up to $500,000, created... More »

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real estate • Bill Clinton • capital gains tax • tax breaks • market bubble • housing bubble • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

Bear With It: Stock Market Has Seen Worse Than 2008

Dow lost 14.1% in Oct., but that pales against 30.7% in Sept. 1931

Nov 3, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - It would be hard to overstate the impact of the past 2 months on those who work and invest in the stock market, Ben Steverman writes for BusinessWeek. The crisis has surely spurred many investors to reevaluate the risks, but is it a game-changer, historically speaking? Although it was steep,... More »

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stock market • Dow Jones • bear market • market bubble • bubble • financial crisis

Analysis

 Panic Has Passed, 
 but We Haven't Hit Bottom 

Get ready for a long recession

Oct 15, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The most panicky phase of the global financial crisis is likely over, thanks to the combined efforts of the world’s governments, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. But don’t “confuse this moment of calm with a stock market bottom or a sign that a serious... More »

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stock market • recession • credit market • market bubble • housing bubble • financial crisis • Steven Pearlstein

Analysis

All Economy's Bubbles
Have Burst at Once

Dominoes tumble from real estate to credit to commodities

Oct 7, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The real reason the global economy is tanking is because a huge set of financial bubbles are all bursting at once, explains Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. The US real-estate bubble started the party, leading to a burst in the credit bubble, the corporate takeover bubble, and... More »

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global economy • credit market • market bubble • housing bubble • economy • oil bubble • financial crisis

column

How to Make Millions Off Misfortune

Put bubble markets
to work for you,
writes Joel Stein

Jun 20, 08 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - From tech stocks to real estate, the succession of bubble markets leads Joel Stein to ask himself: How can I exploit other people's bad investment decisions? The Los Angeles Times columnist teams up with a Princeton economist "to figure out where people will idiotically dump their money next."... More »

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currency exchange • money • investment • market bubble • housing bubble

Widget Mania
on the Rise

Tiny software apps boost site traffic
and ad revenue

Jan 2, 08 9:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Since Facebook created an open platform for software developers last May, widgets have won the love of consumers, social networking sites, and even more traditional corporate websites, Forbes reports. Facebook users alone have installed the miniscule applications—allowing them to share music or have zombie fights—more than 765 million... More »

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Google • Facebook • market bubble • News Corp • widget

Clean-Tech Show Draws Eager Investors

Companies of all
sizes hope to cash in
on growing market

Nov 9, 07 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - A clean technology conference hosted scores of venture capitalists and private-equity firms looking to cash in on 100 cutting-edge companies. Drawing particular interest was First Solar, which makes solar-energy cells that could soon compete with residential utility prices, MarketWatch reports. The company also signals the sector’s dangers: Its $200... More »

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coal • IPO • green technology • clean technology • First Solar • market bubble • Wal-Mart

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