In America and other former bubble economies, household debts are worryingly high, and banks need to bolster their capital.
Former bubble economies such as Spain and Ireland are suffering a painful hangover.
The current firm is the successor to three traditional venture funds formed during the tech bubble of the late 1990s by former Blackstone banker Daniel Burstein. with money from the firm's then-chairman Pete Peterson.
Ireland's banking sector has been badly hit by the international financial turmoil, the collapse of a domestic property bubble and a deep recession in the former "Celtic Tiger" economy.
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However, some analysts have warned that a stock market bubble is being created and last week former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the Chinese stock market could undergo a dramatic correction.
First, there was former chairman Alan Greenspan blaming the bubble-bursting on "the investment community, " and vainly trying to deflect the legitimate and well-deserved carping against his free market Ayn Rand ideology.
All were former entrepreneurs who had been investing since the pre-bubble days, Gandhi and Jacob at Infinity Ventures and Murthy at Passionfund.
Broker-dealers like the former Bear Stearns played an increasingly important role in lending during the bubble years, in the growth of the commercial paper market, structured investment products and derivatives trading.
Just as his case got going, the SEC filed civil stock fraud charges against Frank A. Dunn and three other former executives of Nortel Networks, the Canadian darling of the Internet stock bubble.
Unfortunately, tens of millions of Americans listened to experts such as former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who assured the country that there was no housing bubble.
Leaders such as Doug Conant at Campbell, Indra Nooyi at PepsiCo and Bayer's former CEO Rolf Classon constantly expand their curiosity, improve their comportment and refuse to get lost in the bubble.
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