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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.
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.
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]
The "flash crash" of May 6 was a day of reckoning of sorts for investors in exchange-traded funds. "ETFs are relatively new, and not as simple and straightforward as we have been lulled to believe ...
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]
However, according to Arnuk, those won't prevent the next flash crash unless the SEC coordinates the different exchanges to make sure that they all use the same circuit-breaking procedures.
On May 6, 2010, the Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points in a matter of minutes Coincidentally, it's also the anniversary of one of the scariest days in market history. After Market: On Flash Crash's ...
Instead, following the downgrading of US sovereign debt, as well as the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac government-backed lenders by Standard and Poor's from a AAA to a AA+ rating, the global stock markets experienced a prolonged period of heightened selling activity ultimately resulting in the crash of Black Monday 2011.