21 Jun 2018

Tulip mania

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CA Vikas Agrawal
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Tulip mania was a period when tulips were recently introduced and bought in large quantities by many people. This caused tulip prices to shoot up. They were sold at prices higher than skilled workers' income. After reaching a peak, tulip prices crashed, leaving tulip holders bankrupt. It was the first major economic bubble.

Tulip mania is used as a metaphor to describe an economic bubble. People start investing in a particular asset in large quantities because of positive sentiments about it. This pushes the prices of that asset to very high levels. After reaching a peak, prices suffer a sharp fall due to an extensive sell off, leaving the asset holders bankrupt. These assets are metaphorically called tulips.

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