1998 Archive Volume
In spring 1998 the US property market entered a sustained ascent. Boston at 80.2, San Francisco at 77.48 — the data shows a systematic low-volatility boom that planted the seeds of its own undoing.
3 files in this volume
The year in numbers
- 88
- Replayable scenarios
This year's files
- 011998: When Global Markets Caught Russia's Contagion
In the summer of 1998, Russia's sovereign default cascaded into a global liquidity crisis, hammering equity markets from Jakarta to Toronto and nearly toppling Long-Term Capital Management.
Read the file → - 021998 Spring: US Housing's Low-Volatility Boom — Zero Drawdowns and the Complacency Trap
In spring 1998 the US property market entered a sustained ascent. Boston at 80.2, San Francisco at 77.48 — the data shows a systematic low-volatility boom that planted the seeds of its own undoing.
Read the file → - 031998: Three Markets, Three Transitions — Property Markets in China, Bulgaria, and Norway
Three nations launched parallel property experiments in 1998: China's housing commercialization, Bulgaria's post-communist stabilization, and Norway's oil-fueled ascent.
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