overvaluations
Prices too high
Overvaluations are assessments that set worth too high.
The term appears most often in finance and real estate, where overvaluations of assets or property can lead to market corrections or crashes: The housing bubble was fueled by systematic overvaluations.
More broadly, any excessive estimate of merit or importance: His overvaluations of his own contributions annoyed colleagues.
Estimation of worth
- write-downReduction in recorded value
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- mark-to-marketValuing at current price
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
reassessment · repricing · audit · estimation · mispricing · overestimation · accounting · goodwill
Sudden violent impact
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- tulipmaniaHistoric floral speculation craze
- dotcomInternet-based commercial enterprise
- housingDwellings or protective covering
boom · collapse · frenzy · unsustainable · overheated · correction · euphoria · popping
Ownership stakes or inventory
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- real-estateProperty and land
- propertySomething owned or inherent
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
multiples · price-to-earnings · premium · overpriced · inflated · stretched · expensive · overbought
Fixing of mistakes
- downsideDisadvantage of something
- exposureState of being unprotected
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
sell-off · depreciation · crash · instability · contagion · bearish · shorting · leverage
appraisal
Estimation of worth
- write-downReduction in recorded value
- impairmentDiminished function or capacity
- mark-to-marketValuing at current price
adjustment · reassessment · repricing · audit · estimation · mispricing · overestimation · accounting · goodwill · intangibles
crash
Sudden violent impact
- burstBreak apart suddenly
- tulipmaniaHistoric floral speculation craze
- dotcomInternet-based commercial enterprise
housing · boom · collapse · frenzy · unsustainable · overheated · correction · euphoria · popping · mania
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- real-estateProperty and land
- propertySomething owned or inherent
securities · multiples · price-to-earnings · premium · overpriced · inflated · stretched · expensive · overbought · fundamentals
correction
Fixing of mistakes
- downsideDisadvantage of something
- exposureState of being unprotected
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
volatility · sell-off · depreciation · crash · instability · contagion · bearish · shorting · leverage · underperformance
overvaluationsundervaluations
Assessments below actual worth
underestimates · underestimations · underassessments · underpricing · devaluations