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BRI stands for bubble-risk indicator, which distills an asset’s returns, volatility, momentum and fragility into a single reading from 0 to 1, with 1 representing extreme bubblelike price action.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

“All technology revolutions create bubblelike stock price performance—but this bubble is still inflating at a healthy pace with no signs of popping anytime soon,” he said.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

A bubble is hard to identify before it bursts, but bubblelike behavior isn’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

So in the new study, van Casteren and his colleagues put 21 men and women in a bubblelike helmet.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 16, 2022

Notice how everywhere there are the vaulted ceilings of carved cedar wood, the bubblelike domes, the mosaics, the tilings, the arabesques, the delicate tracery of color, and the marvelous lace work of wood and marble.

From The Complete Club Book for Women Including Subjects, Material and References for Study Programs; together with a Constitution and By-Laws; Rules of Order; Instructions how to make a Year Book; Suggestions for Practical Community Work; a Resume of what Some Clubs are Doing, etc., etc. by Benton, Caroline French