This week consists of 2 discussion questions, representing 2% of your overall grade.

After watching this video about the history of asset bubbles, what would you say is the main characteristic of bubbles and do you think we are currently experiencing any bubbles? If you need additional information about asset bubbles, you can read this article from Investopedia.

After watching this video about the history of the stock market, explain whether you believe that the financial markets are primarily rational or irrational? For additional information, you could read this article about Efficient Market Hypothesis (the theory that markets are primarily rational/efficient) and this article about Behavioural Finance (the theory that markets are primarily irrational/inefficient).