Tulip mania was irrational, the story goes. Tulip mania was a frenzy. Everyone in the Netherlands was involved, from chimney-sweeps to aristocrats. The same tulip bulb, or rather tulip future, was ...

The tale of the Dutch tulip craze is a cautionary one – the first example of an economic bubble. As a new exhibition of flower paintings opens in London, Alastair Sooke looks back.

It may seem foolish to pay $1m for a tulip bulb - but if you hope to sell it on to another receptive buyer for $2m, it can still be a rational investment. This is known as the "greater fool" theory.

In the 1600s the price of tulip bulbs in Holland soared. ... Known as tulip mania, the extent of the phenomenon, and the cause of the market collapse, is disputed. Skip to main content ...

The intense focus on passive versus active is setting investors up for another "tulip bulb" market mania event that could destroy more investor wealth and capital than the Financial Crisis.To keep ...

In that book is the Tulip Bulb Mania. This is by far the most notorious of all manias in the history of mankind. There was a time when speculation took the price of tulip bulbs all the way up to ...

Tulip Mania? Don't Get us Started ... and the Madness of Crowds," the tulipmania was indeed an extraordinary period when investors briefly paid more for a tulip bulb than for a house.

The Dutch tulip bulb mania of the 1600s may be replaying itself in China today. A 1980 stamp issue of 5 million copies selling today for $2,150? Newsletters Games Share a News Tip.

Tulip bulbs were first introduced in Europe at the very end of the 16th century, ... The tulip mania was a very local phenomenon which involved only 5,000 people at the height of the bubble.

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips They say “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.&rdqu ...