The market became distorted, and that distortion is a bubble that will continue here until supply and demand comes into sync.

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For instance, the dot-com bubble eventually reached a point where day-trading retail investors became a dominant force, creating incentives for venture capitalists, underwriters and fund managers to jump on the bandwagon, hoping to hop off before the bubble burst.

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He had been looking for a bubble machine for one of his grandchildren earlier this month when he became unwell and feared he was having another heart attack.

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It was because of conflict between the ministry's financial and fiscal responsibilities (which led to the asset-inflated bubble economy a decade ago and the subsequent banking mess) that administrative reform became popular in the first place.

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