speculative bubble

collocation in English

meaningsofspeculativeandbubble

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speculative
adjective
uk
/ˈspek.jə.lə.tɪv/us
/ˈspek.jə.lə.t̬ɪv/
based on a guess and not ...
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bubble
noun
uk
/ˈbʌb.əl/us
/ˈbʌb.əl/
a ball of gas that appears in a liquid, or a ball formed of air surrounded by liquid that floats in ...
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(Definition ofspeculativeandbubblefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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To compound the competitive effects of globalization, the bursting of thespeculativebubblein 1993 resulted in the collapse of domestic demand and protracted stagnation.
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It was this solution - easy access to credit - that caused thespeculativebubblein the first place.
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Among other reasons are that thespeculativebubblehad built up, the markets were overheated and would ultimately burst.
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At first these prices looked suspiciously like aspeculativebubblewhich might burst, but now it looks as if the prices could well be maintained for a considerable period.
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In the 1970s, the bursting of aspeculativebubbleleft investors unable to realise their investment at the price they had paid.
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He was the first to provide a mathematical model of the period of financial distress in aspeculativebubble.
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His popularity fell off after the peak in the gold and silverspeculativebubblein 1980.
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The process of cartelization began slowly, but the cartel movement took hold after 1873 in the economic depression that followed the postunificationspeculativebubble.
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Another view holds that the poker boom was a classicspeculativebubble.
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The determination that there is aspeculativebubbleis therefore contingent on the availability of reliable price data and a model to determine intrinsic values.
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Aspeculativebubbleformed as a result of these inflationary practices threatening the health of the economy.
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As this realization set in, the demand for tulips collapsed, and prices plummetedthespeculativebubbleburst.
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Also, aspeculativebubblethat crashed in 1695 and a change in fashion that unfolded and reverted in time with the market.
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Cotton value began to waver in 1818 and threaten to burst thespeculativebubble.
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A broader-based credit boom fed a globalspeculativebubblein real estate and equities, which reinforced risky lending practices.
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The episode references the dot-com bubble, aspeculativebubblecovering roughly 19952000.
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New counties, villages, and towns sprang up by the hundreds throughout the region and aspeculativebubble emerged around the buying and selling of farmland and urban lots.
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Philatelic investment was popular during the 1970s but then fell out of favour following aspeculativebubbleand prices of rare stamps took many years to recover.
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This was the firstspeculativebubblethe country had seen, but by the end of 1720, the bubble had burst, and the share price sank from 1000 to under 100.
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The total urban population was nearly doubled in the century after 1580, necessitating a commensurate boom in urban construction, that by 1640 assumed the proportions of aspeculativebubble.
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