When Stock Market Bubbles End

3 mistakes investors make every time stock market bubbles pop

Edward Iftody
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When stock market bubbles end, don’t look up! — Victoriano Izquierdo on Unsplash

The first weeks of 2022 have been nauseating for investors. With inflation at a 40 year high, heavily indebted consumers, and a Federal Reserve with no more options left except to tighten monetary supply, investors should be preparing for the worst. Yet, most are not.

In fact, it appears the vast majority of investors are once again, ignoring all the warning signs and repeating exactly the same mistakes so many investors from the past have made before — every time a stock market bubble pops.

The World’s Worst Real Estate Investor

In 2007, Jared Kushner — Donald Trump’s son-in-law — was a tender, 27 years old. Jared’s father was serving a prison sentence for tax evasion, witness tampering, and illegal campaign contributions and Jared had been left in charge of his father’s company, Kushner Companies.

Jared Kushner

Allegedly, rather than simply settle for being a placeholder for his father, Jared decided to prove his worth by pushing for a really big, splashy real estate purchase. Jared infamously decided to…

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Edward Iftody
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Edward Iftody is a Communication Coach, author of Surviving Work, a veteran of the Canadian fin-tech industry and a blockchain enthusiast.