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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819001703321

Autore

Western David L

Titolo

Booms, bubbles, and busts in US stock markets / / David L. Western

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-20170-2

1-134-20171-0

0-415-64612-X

1-280-17514-1

0-203-64309-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Classificazione

85.33

Disciplina

332.63/22/0973

Soggetti

Stocks - United States

Investments - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [226]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1  The bubble era in US stocks; 2  The great bull run of the 1990s; 3 Valuation methods and investment strategies; 4  The bubble era; 5  The new economy; 6  Governance issues; 7 The Federal Reserve; 8  Shifting ground beneath the Federal Reserve; 9 Evaluating the Greenspan years: 1987-2004?; 10 The great asset price bubble of 1929; 11  Lessons from Japan's financial crisis; 12 The Asian bubble and crisis; 13 US stock markets; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the US stock market things have changed a great deal since the heady days of the 1980s and we are now entering an era of profound uncertainty, with most analysts predicting trouble ahead. Indeed, the alarming decline of the NASDAQ shows no sign of abating and the fear is that traditional industries will be the next to bite the dust. September 11th has only added to the gloomy mood.A user-friendly overview of the inner workings of the US stock market, this book examines the current market conditions before looking back to the events of the past century - the Great Depression, the 1