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The Kennedy Slide of 1962, also known as the Flash Crash of 1962, is the term given to the stock market decline from December 1961 to June 1962 during the Presidential term of John F. Kennedy. After the market experienced decades of growth since the Wall Street crash of 1929 , the stock market peaked during the end of 1961 and plummeted during ...
Kennedy Slide of 1962: 28 May 1962 USA: Also known as the 'Flash Crash of 1962'. [6] Brazilian Markets Crash of 1971 Jul 1971 Brazil: Lasting through the 1970s and early-1980s, this was the end of a boom that started in 1969, compounded by the 1970s energy crisis coupled with early 1980s Latin American debt crisis. [7] [8] [9] 1973–1974 stock ...
Low Point: 535.76 on June 26, 1962 Ending Value: 732.65 ... finishing up 135.53% despite a staggering 508-point drop during the 1987 stock market crash. Wikimedia Commons Public Domain.
14th century banking crisis (the crash of the Peruzzi and the Bardi family Compagnia dei Bardi in 1345).; Hyperinflation in the Yuan Dynasty (1350s). Public confidence in the dynasty's fiat money is lost due to the poor quality of the issued currency and overprinting to finance the military.
YouTube.com By Sam Ro Warren Buffett will tell you that his investment career began in the 1940s when he bought shares in a company as an 11-year-old. However, there isn't much footage of the ...
Getty Images/Image Source In 1602, the Dutch East India Co. established the Amsterdam Bourse, now recognized as the world's oldest stock exchange. However, it wasn't until 1720 that the first ...
On October 8, the Indonesian stock market halted trading, after a 10% drop in one day. The Times of London reported that the meltdown was being called the Crash of 2008, and older traders were comparing it with Black Monday in 1987. The fall that week of 21% compared to a 28.3% fall 21 years earlier, but some traders were saying it was worse.
The Wall Street Crash of 1929. Perhaps the most well-known stock market crash in history, the Crash of 1929 was the worst, and longest-lived crash we've had. From September 1929 through July 1932 ...