melt-up
Irrational buying spree
A melt-up is a rapid, dramatic rise in asset prices driven by investor enthusiasm rather than underlying fundamentals—the optimistic counterpart to a meltdown.
The term suggests prices climbing so fast they seem to lose structural integrity: The stock market experienced a melt-up in the final months of the year.
Melt-ups often precede sharp corrections.
Gathering for a cause
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- bubbleAir-filled film sphere
- euphoriaIntense emotional high
- bull marketPeriod of rising prices
overvaluation · FOMO · speculation · momentum · parabolic · frothy · irrational exuberance · capitulation
Excessive desire for wealth
- fear of missing outAnxiety over exclusion
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- panic buyingFear-driven mass stockpiling
- sentimentFelt attitude or view
confidence · optimism · complacency · denial · crowd behavior · bandwagon · groupthink · exuberance
Ownership stakes in corporations
- S&P 500Major stock market index
- growth stocksShares expected to appreciate
- index fundsSecurities mirroring market indices
- portfolioCollected works or assets
trading · breakout · all-time high · market cap · PE ratio · earnings · risk-on · blue chips
rally
Gathering for a cause
bull market · overvaluation · FOMO · speculation · momentum · parabolic · frothy · irrational exuberance · capitulation · price spike
greed
Excessive desire for wealth
- fear of missing outAnxiety over exclusion
- herd mentalityTendency to follow crowds
- panic buyingFear-driven mass stockpiling
sentiment · confidence · optimism · complacency · denial · crowd behavior · bandwagon · groupthink · exuberance · animal spirits
equities
Ownership stakes in corporations
- S&P 500Major stock market index
- growth stocksShares expected to appreciate
- index fundsSecurities mirroring market indices
portfolio · trading · breakout · all-time high · market cap · PE ratio · earnings · risk-on · blue chips · ETF
- market movementsdown, rising, falling, increase, decrease
- market phenomenamarket crash, market bubble, flash crash, correction, bubble
melt-upmeltdown
Catastrophic loss of control
crash · market crash · collapse · free fall · sell-off
melt-upcorrection
Fixing of mistakes
pullback · consolidation · retracement · profit-taking · cooling off