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Stock Markets Separating Rational Valuation From Collective Behavior
Stock markets represent ownership claims on future corporate earnings, yet prices often diverge radically from fundamental values due to psychological factors and information asymmetries. This episode contrasts rational valuation models—discounted cash flow analysis, price-to-earnings ratios—with actual market behavior, examining famous bubbles like the 1999 dot-com crash where internet companies with no revenue commanded billion-dollar valuations. We analyze the 1987 Black Monday crash when markets fell 22% in a single day, examining both technical triggers and the panic psychology that…
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