bust

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If the AI firms aren’t technologically successful, that makes for a bust.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

They also reiterate their lack of bubble concerns, noting that valuations are still lower than what was seen before the 2000 tech bubble and th1970s Nifty Fifty bust.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

"After that, it was it was rugby or bust."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Standard & Poor’s began publishing its S&P Indices Versus Active reports, comparing market indexes with the performance of active portfolio managers, in mid-2002, at the bottom of the dot-com bust.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

When we got it out, it was a plaster bust of The Great Emancipator, President Abraham Lincoln, finished like bronze.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck