Step back into history's biggest market manias. See how speculative hype can destroy capital—and why diversified basket funds can help spread risk over time.
01Choose an era
02Make a choice
03The hangover
Choose your era
6 crises · R10,000 virtual capital
1999
Dot-Com Mania
Pets.com / the tech bubble
IPET
2001
Enron Collapse
Accounting fraud & corporate hype
ENE
2007
Subprime Housing Crisis
Borrowed money. Fragile mortgages.
MORTGAGE-SIM
2021
Meme Stock Frenzy
GameStop / Reddit short-squeeze peak
GME
2017
Steinhoff Collapse
A JSE darling and an accounting scandal
SNH
2021
Commodity Top
Sibanye-Stillwater at record metal prices
SSW
Educational simulation only. Past performance does not predict future returns. No financial advice.
All portfolio returns, crash sizes and holding periods here are teaching assumptions, not a backtest or measured historical returns. Both paths use the same stated window. Fees, taxes, inflation, currency movements and dividends are not modelled. Rand/Dollar changes the display label only. References support the event context, not these sample figures.
