<p>What do tulip bulbs and cryptocurrencies have in common? Today’s episode proves that amateurs are at the highest risk for losing big when an asset is in a bubble.
You need only look at our crazes in modern times like the tech stock bubble of the early 2,000s, the sub-prime crisis in 2008, and even the designer fruit craze in modern-day Japan, where it ca ... Show More
Feb 2023
Tulip Bulbs, Bored Apes & Bubbles
Send us a textThe Dutch tulip bulb market bubble, also known as tulipmania, was one of the most famous market bubbles and crashes of all time. It occurred in Holland during the early to mid-1600s, when speculation drove the value of tulip bulbs to extremes. At the market’s peak, ... Show More
26m 47s
Jul 2022
Macroeconomics 3: Booms, Busts & Us
Life has its ups and downs. Same for the economy. Today we ask, can the business cycle be tamed? Two stories of recession and techniques for moderating the ferocity of booms and busts. Plus, how bankruptcy is a secret weapon of the American economy. | Subscribe to Planet Money+ i ... Show More
32m 9s
Oct 2025
RWH062: Bubble Warning w/ Jim Grant
William Green chats with Jim Grant, famed editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer. Here, Jim warns that a major market top is forming as exuberance inflates stocks, Bitcoin, and gold. He says it echoes past bubbles and urges extreme caution. IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: 00:00:0 ... Show More
2h 7m
Dec 2017
What happened to the price of Bitcoin? The truth behind big bubbles and crashes
Justin Lane/AAPWhen Katherine Hunt’s dad asked her whether or not he should invest in Bitcoin, alarm bells rang, first she thought “he’s a musician”. Hunt is a lecturer in accounting at the Griffith Business School, and as someone who knows the five stages of a bubble and crash, ... Show More
18m 3s
Sep 2022
Finding financial confidence
Market uncertainty is on everyone’s mind. Given rising interest rates, inflation, the crypto crash, and other economic trends (hello, recession?), we talk about what this current climate means in the long term for beginner and seasoned investors alike. Custom music by Davis Jone ... Show More
30m 12s
Aug 2023
1037 - Maximizing Profits With Fear and Greed: 10 Important Thoughts Investors Should Know During These Volatile Times by Paul Moore
Understanding and applying these three sentences could make you wealthy:
“In bad times, securities can often be bought for prices that understate their merits. And in good times, securities can be sold at prices that overstate their potential. And yet, most people are impelled to ... Show More
12m 13s