melt-up

melt up

Of a financial market, to experience a sudden and dramatic increase in performance as a result of an unexpected influx of investments, especially to a risky or unstable degree. Analysts worry that the sub-prime property market will begin melting up again now that regulations have been reversed.
See also: melt, up

melt-up

A sudden and dramatic increase in the performance of tradeable assets in a financial market as a result of an unexpected influx of investors, especially to a risky or unstable degree. Analysts worry that we could be in for a melt-up in the sub-prime property market now that regulations have been reversed.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • melt up
  • pot of gold
  • a pot of gold
  • crock of gold
  • high-wire act
  • be (walking) on thin ice
  • be skating on thin ice
  • be skating/walking on thin ice
  • breath of fresh air, (like) a
  • be a long shot