Irrational Exuberance

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A term used by Alan Greenspan in 1996 to describe the dot-com bubble and, more broadly, the fact that the markets were overvalued. He was criticized at the time for talking down the market and stocks fell worldwide after he said it. However, his opinion was vindicated when the dot-com bubble burst, and irrational exuberance is still used as a catch phrase for overvalued markets.

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Adaptive Expectations Greenspan Put Higouriteki Na Baburu			Call it the irrational exuberance of Democrats counting a few extra chickens, or more than idle speculation on just how far the coming wave could reach. FLASHPOINT by Staff / Las Vegas Sun Yale economist Robert Shiller, author of the recent The Subprime Solution: How Today's Global Financial Crisis Happened and What to Do About It and the now immortal Irrational Exuberance, praises Suze Orman in a Wall Street Journal op-ed this morning. In Praise of Suze Orman by Tom Acitelli / The New York Observer In the same way that I think Greenspan, the former Fed chairman, talked about irrational exuberance, we now have irrational despair," Obama said, when asked why a 700 billion dollar US Wall Street bailout signed last week had failed to stem huge stock market losses. Obama bemoans 'irrational despair' of stock markets by AFP / AFP American Edition			Ipoteca aperta Ipoteca di pagamento flessibile Ipoteca limitada Ipoteca multipla IQ IQD IR IRA IRA Adoption Agreement and Plan Document IRA Rollover IRA Transfer IRA/Keogh accounts Iraimbilanja Iranian Rial Iraqi Dinar IRB Iridium Irish Budget 2010 Irish Pound Irish Stock Exchange Iron Butterfly Iron Condor ironclad agreement IRR Irrational call option Irrational Exuberance Irredeemable Irredeemable Bond irregular coupon Irregularity Irrelevance Result Irrelevant Costs irrevocable Irrevocable Beneficiary Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order Irrevocable Letter of Credit Irrevocable Trust IRS IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 Irtihan Irving Fisher IS ISDA ISE Isencao de imposto iShares Ishtirak ISJ ISK Islamic American Relief Agency Islamic Bank			Irradiation Effect Irradiation Effects on Structural Materials irradiation odor irradiation odor Irradiation of an Organism irradiation teratogen irradiation teratogen irradiation teratogen Irradiation-Fusion Gene Transfer irradiative irradiative irradiator irradiator irradicable irradicably irradicate IRRAG IRRAS irrational irrational irrational irrational irrational algebraic expression Irrational anger Irrational anger Irrational anger Irrational anger Irrational call option irrational conclusion irrational equation Irrational Exuberance Irrational Exuberance (book) Irrational exuberance (finance) Irrational fear Irrational fear Irrational fear Irrational fear Irrational function Irrational function irrational hostility irrational impulse irrational motive irrational number irrational number Irrational numbers Irrational numbers irrational radical irrational terror Irrational, Wild or Gambling Irrational-Base Discrete Weighted Transform Irrational.number Irrational.number irrationalise irrationalise irrationalise irrationalise irrationalised irrationalised irrationalised irrationalised irrationalises

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