Bull!: A History of the Boom and Bust, 1982–2004

by Maggie Mahar

bear market following,

crash of 2000 compared with,

Greenspan’s bullishness and,

“Nifty Fifty” and,

crash of 1987,

background,

bargain buyers following,

explanations

Greenspan

investor confidence and,

predictors,

revisionist view

crash of 2000,

credit

Greenspan policies,

junk bonds and, 52

as market mania ingredient,

short selling and,

vendor,

warnings of, 64 See also debt; interest rates credit cards, 262

currency devaluation,

currency investment,

cycle

market cycles

day trading, 4, 24

debt, 461–

consumer,

home equity loans,

real estate,

share buybacks,

debt/equity ratios,

deficit. See federal deficit deflation,

Dell Computer,

call options,

as “must–have” stock,

put options,

stock performance, 23, 26, 27, 278, 279,

value investor

Delta Airlines,

“democracy bubble,”

democratization,

Democrats,

Den of Thieves (Stewart),

derivatives,

Deutsche Bank (N.Y.),

Deutsche Morgan Grenfell,

Dickens, Charles,

Digital Equipment,

discount rate,

Disney Company,