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Boom A period of time during which sales or business activity increases rapidly. Notes: In the stock market, booms are associated with bull markets. Conversely, busts are associated with bear markets. The cyclical nature of the market and the economy in general suggests that every bull market in history has been followed by a bear market.The internet technologies boom in the late '90s was one of the largest booms in history (followed by one of the biggest busts in history). |
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Still, insurers said price spikes have occurred during other construction boomlets. Here, Fuller summaries the major shifts between four generations spanning the Depression/war years, the Baby Boomers, Generation X and `the current generation of Click & Go'--a phrase Fuller coins to describe the `baby boomlets who were born with a mouse in their hands'. In many areas, free and unfettered trade activities, ranging from basic economic thresholds to boomlets, are flourishing--a result of the ability of local communities to reach consensus on important sociopolitical matters. |
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