<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
Nov 2023
TIP589: Stock Market Crises & Bubbles w/ Brendan Hughes
Clay Finck is joined by Brendan Hughes to chat about his new book – Markets in Chaos. The book explores various market crises including the covid-19 pandemic, hyperinflation in Zimbabwe, the stock market bubble in Iceland during the great financial crisis, and much more.Brendan i ... Show More
1h 1m
Apr 2022
2: What the Average Homebuyer Can Learn from House-Hungry Investors
The housing market relies on many things: market sentiment, Federal Reserve policy, supply, demand, interest rates, inflation—the list goes on and on. For most homebuyers, it may seem almost impossible to crack the code of when (or if) it makes sense to buy a home or rental prope ... Show More
1h 1m
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
Dec 2023
Paul Crosthwaite et al., "Invested: How Three Centuries of Stock Market Advice Reshaped Our Money, Markets, and Minds" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Who hasn’t wished for a surefire formula for riches and a ticket to the good life? For three centuries, investment advisers of all kinds, legit and otherwise, have guaranteed that they alone can illuminate the golden pathway to prosperity—despite strong evidence to the contrary. ... Show More
50m 22s