# Alan Greenspan

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-22**: Valuation metrics at extreme levels — The Buffett indicator stands at about 238 and the Shiller CAPE at 42.15; Bill Dudley writes in Bloomberg this week that the market is in bubble territory.
- **2026-06-22**: Greenspan dies at age 100 — Passes away at home in Washington, D.C., from complications of Parkinson’s disease.
- **2026-06-22**: Dies at Age 100 — Greenspan passed away from complications of Parkinson’s disease, with his wife Andrea Mitchell announcing the death.
- **2008-10-23**: Grilled by Congress on Crisis — Greenspan admitted a ‘flaw’ in his free-market ideology during testimony on the financial crisis.
- **2008-09-15**: Global financial crisis intensifies — Lehman Brothers collapses, triggering the worst recession since the Great Depression; Greenspan's easy-money policies come under fire.
- **2006-01-31**: Retires from the Fed — Steps down after nearly two decades leading the central bank, handing over to Ben Bernanke.
- **2006-01-31**: Retires from the Fed — Greenspan stepped down after 18.5 years, with Ben Bernanke taking over as chairman.
- **2002-10**: Bear market bottoms with heavy losses — By October 2002 the Nasdaq Composite has lost 78% and the S&P 500 has lost 49% from their early-2000 peaks.
- **2000**: Dot-com bubble begins to deflate — The technology-heavy market retreats, marking the start of a multiyear decline.
- **1999-11**: Shiller CAPE peaks near 44 — The Shiller CAPE ratio reaches 44.19, the highest level in more than 100 years, months before the internet bubble begins to deflate.
- **1996-12-05**: Irrational Exuberance speech — At the American Enterprise Institute, Greenspan asks whether asset prices are overvalued, causing a brief global market selloff.
- **1996-12-05**: ‘Irrational Exuberance’ Speech — Greenspan famously questioned whether stock market valuations reflected ‘irrational exuberance,’ causing a temporary global sell-off.
- **1996**: Greenspan warns of irrational exuberance — Alan Greenspan's speech asks how to know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values; global markets sell off briefly but the dot-com bubble continues inflating.
- **1987-08-11**: Greenspan sworn in as Fed Chairman — Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, begins his 18½-year tenure.
- **1987-08-11**: Appointed Fed Chairman — Nominated by President Reagan, Greenspan took over the Federal Reserve, succeeding Paul Volcker.

## Recent coverage (3 stories, network-wide)

### CAPE at 42.15 and Buffett Ratio 238: Bubble Warning Echoes 1999
2026-08-23 00:45:19 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

Two of the market's most respected valuation gauges are flashing levels last seen near the late-1990s peak: the Buffett indicator at 238 and the Shiller CAPE at 42.15. Former NY Fed president Bill Dudley calls the market a bubble, and the 1996-2002 historical arc shows how severely such extremes can unwind.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/finance-cape-42-buffett-ratio-238-bubble-warning

### Greenspan Dead at 100: His 18.5-Year Fed Reign Saw a 10-Year Boom, Then Historic Bust
2026-06-23 01:02:29 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 68

Alan Greenspan, the transformative Fed chair, died at 100. His tenure defined modern central banking with a decade of prosperity and the ‘Greenspan put,’ but his policies also sowed the seeds of the 2008 crisis. Investors reflect on a complex legacy that still shapes markets.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/alan-greenspan-legacy-fed-boom-bust

### Greenspan's 18.5-Year Fed Legacy: From 'Irrational Exuberance' to 2008 Crash
2026-06-22 14:42:11 · Sector: finance · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 14

Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan has died at 100. His 18½-year tenure, marked by the 1996 'irrational exuberance' warning and the 2008 financial crisis, leaves a complex legacy that still influences monetary policy and market psychology.
Full story: https://getfinancebrief.com/story/alan-greenspan-18-year-fed-legacy-markets

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