Interpretation of such proxy records of climate — for example, using tree rings to judge occurrence of droughts or gas bubbles in ice cores to study the atmosphere
at the time the bubbles were trapped — is a well - established science that has grown much in recent years.
Science - for - hire is so accepted in the climate - denial world that
at times it bubbles out into the open; in 2006, for instance, the American Enterprise Institute solicited scientists to critique the then - forthcoming Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC.
Not exact matches
While Watts» thinking is,
at times, obscure (and one wonders how to actually apply it to life), it's insightful nonetheless and will certainly get you thinking outside the
bubble.
I've been around for a long
time and I know that when something goes vertical like Apple did from $ 425 once the
bubble pops it goes back down to the point
at which it lifted off.»
The city is
at the point where a not - insignificant portion of residents are rooting for the so - called tech
bubble to implode
at least a little, the New York
Times reported earlier this month.
They had never really before tried to limit the negative effects of low interest rates — asset - price
bubbles — while
at the same
time as applying a heavy dose of monetary stimulus.
At the same time, Silicon Valley knows it could do more to foster a sense of goodwill with the rest of the country, which does not live in its cloistered bubble of wealth and privilege, and yet has as much at stake when it comes to immigration refor
At the same
time, Silicon Valley knows it could do more to foster a sense of goodwill with the rest of the country, which does not live in its cloistered
bubble of wealth and privilege, and yet has as much
at stake when it comes to immigration refor
at stake when it comes to immigration reform.
In October the company's shares surged past their all -
time high price of $ 59.56, recorded in the heady days of the dotcom
bubble and
at the tail end of a decade that the company unquestionably ruled.
In April,
at a
time when IPO rumors were
bubbling, Tanium had a PR week from hell.
At the same
time, Burry, who made a fortune in last decade's financial crisis by betting that the housing
bubble would burst, is also gaining a following north of Hollywood, as a Silicon Valley tech investor.
Noting that the value of tech stocks
at the height of the dot - com
bubble was many
times the size of the current cryptocurrency market (with a total value of about $ 519 billion), Citi's report conceded that it may be a while before the crypto
bubble bursts: «
Bubbles can build in plain sight, be duly identified, and prove highly durable for a period measured in years.»
On the form he showed
at the Masters, Woods still seems a good bet to break Jack Nicklaus» record of 18 major tournament wins; but the revenue records the tour set in the last decade, before the bursting of the Tiger
bubble and the broader American economic
bubble, are unlikely to be improved any
time soon.
Time Warner's most famous deal, of course, was paying $ 165 billion for AOL
at the height of the Internet
bubble.
Hovnanian Enteprises, a home builder founded in 1959, topped out in the mid-70s in 2005 but got crushed when the real estate
bubble burst, falling to an all -
time low
at 52 cents.
Lightpath Technologies, Inc., a provider of optics, photonics and infrared solutions for the industrial, defense, telecommunications, testing and measurement, and medical industries, hit an all -
time low
at 30 cents in February of 2009 after a multi-year fall that began with the dot.com
bubble in 2000.
This IPO would value Facebook
at as much as $ 100 billion, or more than three
times as much as Google's 2004 IPO, which took place just as the housing
bubble really got going.
At the
time they were used, they were effectively the result of ambitious management teams trying to cash in on the obscene (and stupid) once - in - several - generations valuation levels that seemed to be hitting new highs on an almost daily basis back during the dot - com
bubble.
John Bogle
at Vanguard wasn't engaging in market
timing when he looked
at the returns on stocks versus the returns on bonds during the dot - com
bubble and decided that investors were faced with a once - in - a-lifetime mispricing event.
During the Internet
bubble years, I spent some
time as chief technology officer
at a company called Electron Economy, which was basically a cloud - based order and warehouse management system.
Creating a
bubble has been a way to solve their public debt problem — and to pay off political insiders
at the same
time, thereby killing two birds with one stone.
If there ever was a speculative
bubble in cryptocurrencies, it is gone,
at least for the
time being.
Also, after the technology
bubble that occurred
at the turn of the 21st century - one of the biggest
bubbles of all
time - people believed that another echo
bubble was on the way.
You can increase competition with anti-trust enforcement, and regulate natural monopolies and both (in the case of the newly merged
Time Warner Cable), create greater transparency of prices, use government purchasing power, restore previous price controls (and please a federal usury law
at no more than 15 %, to prevent debt
bubbles of higher inflation).
While I certainly don't think the market overall is cheap, and while I certainly believe it's very possible that a bear market could occur
at any
time, we are definitely not in a
bubble.
If the speculative
bubbles and crashes across market history have taught us anything (particularly the repeated episodes of recklessness we've observed over the past two decades), it's this: regardless of the level of valuation
at any point in
time, we have to allow for the potential for investors to adopt a psychological preference toward risk - seeking speculation, and no amount of reason will dissuade them even when that speculation has already made a collapse inevitable over a longer horizon.
At the same
time, prices for owner - occupied housing have been basically stagnant for years after plunging when the
bubble popped.
It is wishful thinking to imagine that the most extreme economic, debt and investment
bubble in history was corrected by a mild economic downturn, a market decline that leaves stocks
at 21
times peak earnings (higher than
at the 1929 and 1987 peaks), and just a few large - scale defaults from a corporate debt position which continues to claim a record share of operating earnings to finance.
Aside from acceptable «basis» risk between the stocks we hold long and the indices we use to hedge, and perhaps 1 % of assets in option
time - premium
at any given
time as a result of staggering our strikes to provide a stronger defense, we don't consider various speculative
bubbles as threats to our own returns.
The real
bubble was caused by the fact that the Alberta government's forecast for light oil was far above what the markets were predicting
at the
time based on the 3 year NYMEX strip used by Sproule Associates to forecast future oil prices.
Circumstances
at the
time were the opposite of what they are today: Ireland and southern Europe had sidestepped the IT
bubble and were posting strong economic performances.
At the same
time, she acknowledged there were aspects of the market that are embarking upon
bubble territory.
As a U.S. company, its pay vote is advisory, not binding; moreover the company's share class structure means that approval is effectively assured, with founders» Class B shares carrying ten
times the voting power of ordinary Class A. Nonetheless, opposition has been
bubbling up, with an amendment to the company's stock plan generating a 28 % against vote
at the 2016 AGM.
At the same
time that a glut in apartment / condo buildings is appearing everywhere, the luxury high - end market is falling apart as well, the latter of which was also a leading feature of the demise of the big housing
bubble.
For now, the SEC has left the door open somewhat by not opting for something hyper - aggressive and tantamount to a blanket ban, which leaves some room for plausible deniability among SV bigwigs and others when this
bubble pops and the SHTF (if not in the eyes of the law, then
at least for the sake of face - saving in two years»
time).
«It means reversing this long
time economic model, where the state will profit through the economic system
at the expense of the consumers and household, and one of the things that the new leadership is intent on doing in order to create consumption is to empower consumers, so they spend more and stop empowering state organizations which are fuelling the overcapacity and the massive debt
bubble».
At the
time, the U.S. economy was being thrashed by the financial crisis and the bursting of the housing
bubble.
Taking the context in real terms, it implies that the margin debt of the NYSE amount currently to about 2.87 % of US GDP, surpassing the previous all -
time high of 2.78 % which has been set
at the peak of the biggest stock market
bubble in global history, in March 2000.
Historically speaking, there are obviously some periods when you could have made a killing in gold if you
timed it just right by getting in before the
bubble and then getting out
at the top, but like any other investment or investment sector, you would almost have to be a psychic to achieve that.
I won't take a larger position
at this
time because I'm scared that increasing rates will pop the Toronto / Vancouver housing
bubble, which will in turn impact the banks.
While I believe markets are efficient when it comes to stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities and reflect all known information
at the
time, in the case of bitcoin, and a few other instances like the ONLY stock I've bought in over a year (now up big), when I start to see the mainstream media reporting on something, google search volume through the roof (chart below) and lastly, when your mom asks about it — it may be signaling mainstream acceptance and further expansion of a major
bubble.
Granted, the two major drops in value during this period — first when the tech
bubble burst, then during the financial crisis — were among the worst the market has ever witnessed, investors shouldn't expect NEARX to outperform
at all
times.
Richard: Great insight as always, and last
time we talked about the commercial real estate
bubble and we thought today we'd do a special focus on the millennial generation and how financial repression through repressed interest rates and quantitative easing has resulted in asset
bubbles that ultimately have affected the millennial generation in terms of their values, how they look
at the economy and life and the way they're conducting themselves in the economy: what they're facing in terms of the housing market and the job situation.
Last
time we talked about the commercial real estate
bubble and we thought today we'd do a special focus on the millennial generation and how financial repression through repressed interest rates and quantitative easing has resulted in asset
bubbles that ultimately have affected the millennial generation in terms of their values, how they look
at the economy and life and the way they're conducting themselves in the economy: what they're facing in terms of the housing market and the job situation.
I read some of Michael Burry's writing before the housing crash, and I saw that he consistently referenced the misdeeds of mortgage lenders as a way to clue him in to the real estate
bubble at that
time.
Their trade deficits have been financed by the global property
bubble — borrowing in foreign currency against property that was free of debt
at the
time of independence.
For giant buyout funds raised in 2006 and 2007,
at the height of the
bubble,
time is short.
The already overstretched
bubble in the markets is still expanding, but we now see bold moves by the Fed to reduce its balance sheet,
at the same
time that the ECB plan to tapper, overall presenting us with a pretty deflationary outlook.
For example, an investor who fell victim to the dotcom
bubble or 2008 financial crisis and sold their equity positions
at the absolute worst
time would feel anticipated regret if they were to think about re-investing in the stock market again.
While most people agree that asset
bubbles are a real phenomenon, they don't always agree on whether a specified asset
bubble exists
at a given
time.
As I wrote
at the
time, I think that we could see a real
bubble in biotech in the latter part of this decade, and just once, please God, I want to be
at the beginning of a
bubble.