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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1589575, member: 3011&quot;]Juan,</p><p>I&#039;ll stick by the bubble symptoms I posted since they are the generally accepted ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. This isn&#039;t the 17th century</p><p>2. Buying on credit may be idiotic, but so is participating in bubbles so it fits.</p><p>3&amp;5. I didn&#039;t say &quot;buying for no good reason;&quot; it was buying for non-economic reasons, e.g., because it is going up, or get rich quick. And money going into the bubble is, by definition, misallocated.</p><p>4. I don&#039;t know if there is an exception to parabolic price increases, but bubbles generally conform to the list.</p><p>6. I can&#039;t think of a bubble that did not get widespread attention while it was in progress.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are free to come up with your own criteria if the very good ones I posted don&#039;t suit your needs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Here is an even better list... <a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/schillers-list-how-to-diagnose-the-next-bubble/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/schillers-list-how-to-diagnose-the-next-bubble/" rel="nofollow">http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/schillers-list-how-to-diagnose-the-next-bubble/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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