South Sea Bubble

Now known as the South Sea Bubble, the speculation ended when the stocks price fell 84 percent.5

Rescue Your Money Ric Edelman 2009

Now known as the South Sea Bubble, the speculation ended when the stocks price fell 84 percent.5

Rescue Your Money Ric Edelman 2009

At this time the famous “boom” known as the South Sea Bubble was at the height of its brief career.

Lady Mary Wortley Montague Melville, Lewis 1925

-- The "South Sea Bubble," as it is generally called, was a financial scheme which occupied the attention of prominent politicians, communities, and even nations in the early part of the eighteenth century.

Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs

As the world awaits the details of the grand plan hatched by Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy over the weekend, one can't help but be reminded of the South Sea Bubble.

Is It a Euro Bazooka Or a Damp Squib? Simon Nixon 2011

Supposing you never studied a contrary theory called "the risky shift", and can jettison all thoughts of tulip mania and the South Sea Bubble, not forgetting more recent memories of Princess Diana's obsequies, online bullying, Jedward and destructive Twitter mobs, Surowiecki's is an appealing proposal, nicely demonstrated by new pressure groups such as 38 Degrees, and indeed by Twitter, when the crowd is being witty, kind and constructive.

This is a platform for hysteria rather than people power | Catherine Bennett 2011

The South Sea Company, a government sponsored entity with a monopoly on trade, caused the South Sea Bubble in 1720.

Lessons of a Dow Decade Andy Kessler 2010

The South Sea Company, a government sponsored entity with a monopoly on trade, caused the South Sea Bubble in 1720.

Lessons of a Dow Decade Andy Kessler 2010

What amazes me more than any spectacle of boom-and-bust is our capacity as a species to witness speculative bubbles inflating and bursting—or, to have read about the most notorious case studies, such as tulipomania or the South Sea Bubble—and yet fail to remember the inevitable outcomes.

The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010

The South Sea Company, a government sponsored entity with a monopoly on trade, caused the South Sea Bubble in 1720.

Lessons of a Dow Decade Andy Kessler 2010