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When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock's or index's growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding. This positive feedback brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results.
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Adam Johnson
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Zell Miller
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Nancy Kress
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Annette Bening
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T. S. Eliot
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Abraham A. Ribicoff
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Laeta Kalogridis
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
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When herding behaviour among investors ramps up, a stock's or index's growth rate can increase faster than exponentially, leading to more herding. This positive feedback brings the system to a tipping point. About two-thirds of the time, a crash results.
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