Biggest speculative public markets in human history

just21 said:
Tulipmania 2000% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tulip_price_index1.svg

South sea bubble 1000% http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:South-sea-bubble-chart.png

US stock market 1920's 500% http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/historical/djia19201940.html

Bitcoin 2013 9352% www.bitcoinwisdom.com

Bitcoin 2009-2013 2,070,000% www.bitcoinwisdom.com using $0.06 as early traded price

Any other notable markets?
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Well, just in the U.S. in the last 20 years:

Nasdaq/tech bubble - Late 1990s
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/historical/nasdaq1986.html

U.S. Housing - 2002-2007

Many more if you look back further and include other countries.
 
jsp326 said:
Well, just in the U.S. in the last 20 years:

Nasdaq/tech bubble - Late 1990s

U.S. Housing - 2002-2007

Many more if you look back further and include other countries.
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What were the percentages? The very top end of the London housing market has gone up a 1000% in 10 years.
 
just21 said:
What were the percentages? The very top end of the London housing market has gone up a 1000% in 10 years.
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See my last post (now edited). I attached the Nasdaq chart. The percent gain will depend on your starting point.

I don't have a chart for housing. If you look at U.S. nationwide housing prices or REITs it's probably not as extreme as the others. However, certain U.S. regions went up geomretically. And it was more devastating than most other bubbles, since it left its footprint in many facets of the economy.
 
jsp326 said:
See my last post (now edited). I attached the Nasdaq chart. The percent gain will depend on your starting point.

I don't have a chart for housing. If you look at U.S. nationwide housing prices or REITs it's probably not as extreme as the others. However, certain U.S. regions went up geomretically. And it was more devastating than most other bubbles, since it left its footprint in many facets of the economy.
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The move in the 1990's on the Nasdaq was 1553% bigger than the Dow 596% move in the 1920's.
 
just21 said:
The move in the 1990's on the Nasdaq was 1553% bigger than the Dow 596% move in the 1920's.
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The Nikkei in the 80s is another one, though you can't find its historical chart at stockcharts.com. At its peak it was around 40,000 in 1990. Today it's hovering around 15,000. That should give the buy-n-holders something to think about. Not all markets recover within 20 years.
 
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