Spekulationsblase

German

Etymology

Spekulation (“speculation”) +‎ -s- +‎ Blase (“bubble”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃpekulat͡sˈjoːnsˌblaːzə]
  • Hyphenation: Spe‧ku‧la‧ti‧ons‧bla‧se

Noun

Spekulationsblase f (genitive Spekulationsblase, plural Spekulationsblasen)

  1. (finance, economics) speculative bubble, economic bubble (a situation in which asset prices significantly exceed their intrinsic value, driven by exuberant market behavior)
    Das Platzen der Spekulationsblase am Immobilienmarkt löste eine weltweite Finanzkrise aus.
    The bursting of the speculative bubble in the real estate market triggered a global financial crisis.
    Historische Beispiele für eine Spekulationsblase sind die Tulpenmanie oder die Dotcom-Blase.
    Historical examples of a speculative bubble are Tulip Mania or the Dotcom bubble.

Declension

Declension of Spekulationsblase [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Spekulationsblase die Spekulationsblasen
genitive einer der Spekulationsblase der Spekulationsblasen
dative einer der Spekulationsblase den Spekulationsblasen
accusative eine die Spekulationsblase die Spekulationsblasen

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • Marktkorrektur (market correction; the process of returning to fair value)
  • Börsencrash (stock market crash; the sudden end of a bubble)

Coordinate terms

  • Überbewertung (overvaluation)
  • Herdentrieb (herd mentality; a psychological driver)
  • Irrationaler Überschwang (irrational exuberance)
  • Greater Fool Theory (theory that one can profit from bubbles by selling to a "greater fool")

References

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