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The May 6, 2010, flash crash, [1] [2] [3] also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar [4] flash crash (a type of stock market crash) which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes.
Examples of flash crashes that have occurred: May 6, 2010, flash crash; April 23, 2013, flash crash; Frankenshock, [3] or Flash Crash Swiss Franc on January 15, 2015 [4] Flash Crash of the British Pound on October 6, 2016 [5] Flash Crash of Japanese Yen on January 2, 2019 [6] [7] Flash Crash of European Stock Markets on May 2, 2022. [8] [9]
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 market crash: Jan 1973 UK
1973–1974 stock market crash; 1991 Indian economic crisis; 1992 Indian stock market scam; 1997 Asian financial crisis; 1998 Russian financial crisis; 1999 Greek stock market crash; 2007–2008 financial crisis; 2008–2014 Spanish financial crisis; 2008–2009 Belgian financial crisis; 2010 flash crash; 2010–2014 Portuguese financial crisis
Remember the flash crash? That was the 20 minutes on May 6, 2010 when the Dow lost almost 1,000 points before partially recovering. Most investors have forgotten about it.
The event coined the term "flash freeze" following the earlier "flash crash" on May 6, 2010. [3] [4] Throughout the freeze the Nasdaq composite remained at 3631.17. Following the reopening of the market it rose, closing at 3,638.71, 1.1% higher. [1] Shares of the Nasdaq exchange closed 3.42% down following the freeze. [5]
Regulators claim these practices contributed to volatility in the May 6, 2010, Flash Crash [62] and find that risk controls are much less stringent for faster trades. [ 14 ] Members of the financial industry generally claim high-frequency trading substantially improves market liquidity, [ 10 ] narrows bid–offer spread , lowers volatility and ...
2010 flash crash; 2010 United States foreclosure crisis; A. List of banks acquired or bankrupted in the United States during the 2007–2008 financial crisis;