Boom

  

Categories: Econ, IPO

Boom! Yeah...that's what it sounds like.

When gold was discovered near San Francisco. Boom.

When the stock market sizzled with leverage in the roaring '20s. Boom.

When the internet became a Thing in the '90s. Boom.

And then there's the hangover...when things aren't only going up and up and up with economic opportunity. Then it sounds more like...moob.

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capital, investment capital what is investment capital yeah stocks

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