Article: Beware of the present stock market frenzy

An official from the Japanese central bank once described to me how to judge whether there are bubbles in a stock market or a property market.

When economists and analysts of institutional investors hold numerous meetings to discuss if a certain market has bubbles, and when most of them deny it, then you can be sure that market is loaded with bubbles, he said.

Another practical way for judging bubbles comes from Peter Lynch, manager of the Magellan Fund and a legendary icon on Wall Street.

At cocktail parties, after a mutual fund manager introduces himself, and if everybody just nods and resumes discussions on the weather or soccer game or should one of them seek the dentist to talk about ...

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