Few emotional forces have moved as quietly, and as powerfully, through modern markets as the feeling of being left behind. In everyday language we call it the #fear_of_missing_out, or #FoMO. It is the worry that other people are gaining something valuable, an opportunity, a profit, an experience, while we stay still. This feeling is old, but the digital world has made it louder. Through phones, social platforms, and constant updates, we can now see in real time what others ar

The GameStop episode became one of the most widely discussed market events of the early 2020s. It was not only a story about one company’s share price. It was also a useful educational case about how #financial_markets can behave when #speculation, #short_selling, #social_media, #retail_investors, and #market_structure interact at high speed. From an economic perspective, the GameStop bubble showed that asset prices can move far away from company fundamentals when collective

Economic crises are often remembered through numbers: falling prices, bankruptcies, unpaid debts, and collapsing markets. Yet behind every crisis there is a deeper human and institutional problem: the loss of #trust. When people no longer trust banks, money, contracts, or each other, economic life slows down quickly. Merchants delay payments, banks become cautious, households hold cash, and businesses reduce activity. In this kind of panic, the most urgent problem is not alwa