Spekulationsblase

== German == === Etymology === Spekulation (“speculation”) +‎ -s- +‎ Blase (“bubble”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃpekulat͡sˈjoːnsˌblaːzə] Hyphenation: Spe‧ku‧la‧ti‧ons‧bla‧se === Noun === Spekulationsblase f (genitive Spekulationsblase, plural Spekulationsblasen) (finance, economics) speculative bubble, economic bubble (a situation in which asset prices significantly exceed their intrinsic value, driven by exuberant market behavior) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Finanzblase (financial bubble) Wirtschaftsblase (economic bubble) Hype (hype; often the precursor) ==== Antonyms ==== Marktkorrektur (market correction; the process of returning to fair value) Börsencrash (stock market crash; the sudden end of a bubble) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Überbewertung (overvaluation) Herdentrieb (herd mentality; a psychological driver) Irrationaler Überschwang (irrational exuberance) Greater Fool Theory (theory that one can profit from bubbles by selling to a "greater fool") ==== Related terms ==== spekulativ (speculative) aufblähen (to inflate/bloat) === References === “Spekulationsblase”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Spekulationsblase” in Duden online