5 centuries of bubbles and bursts
History is replete with financial frenzies that seem ridiculous in hindsight, but were viewed as anything but at the time.
The land of the Rising Sun suffered twin bubbles - in real estate and equities. Between 1985 and 1989, Japanese stocks quadrupled in value. But they crashed in 1990, and prices haven't fully recovered.
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