I don’t really want to come across as a fear monger, but this infographic is really worth checking out…

Quoting ValueWalk.com

In today’s insanely connected world, the ability to create and burst market bubbles is even more amplified. For those uninitiated, a bubble is when speculation in a type of security inflates the price far beyond the fundamentals allow. While they can go for years or even decades, eventually reality takes hold and the bubble can crash in a much shorter time frame. In just the last 15 years, two notable bubbles were popped in the Dot-Com and housing markets.

A History of Notable Stock Bubbles Courtesy of Visual Capitalist