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Zone 15 · Pocket Money

Bubbles & Scams

Nine lessons of about three minutes each, every one with a live demo and a quick test.

  • Bubbles, Scams & Crashes×8
  • Money Mindset & Psychology
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  1. 127BubblesWhat a Bubble IsWhen prices float far above what things are worth
  2. 128FraudThe Ponzi ShapeOld investors are paid with new investors' money
  3. 129Crashes25 Years to Get BackThe Dow didn't reclaim its 1929 peak until 1954
  4. 130FraudRed Flags of a ScamGuaranteed, urgent, secret
  5. 131FraudSmart People Don't Get ScammedYoung adults report losing money to fraud more often than older ones
  6. 132Market ManipulationPump and DumpHype a stock, sell it to the crowd, disappear
  7. 133CrowdsTulip ManiaDutch traders bid single tulip bulbs up to fantasy prices, though the crash was smaller than the legend says
  8. 134HerdingFollowing the HerdWe trust a crowd even when it's wrong
  9. 135Fraud HistoryPonzi Wasn't FirstA Boston woman ran the same scheme 40 years earlier