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In finance and investing, Black Monday 2011 refers to August 8, 2011, when US and global stock markets crashed [1] following the Friday night credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States sovereign debt from AAA, or "risk free", to AA+. [2] It was the first time in history the United States was downgraded. [3]
The August 2011 stock markets fall was the sharp drop in stock prices in August 2011 in stock exchanges across the United States, Middle East, Europe and Asia. This was due to fears of contagion of the European sovereign debt crisis to Spain and Italy, as well as concerns over France's current AAA rating, [1] concerns over the slow economic growth of the United States and its credit rating ...
August 2011 stock markets fall: 1 Aug 2011 USA: S&P 500 entered a short-lived bear market between 2 May 2011 (intraday high: 1,370.58) and 4 October 2011 (intraday low: 1,074.77), a decline of 21.58%. The stock market rebounded thereafter and ended the year flat. [25] [26] [27] 2015–16 Chinese stock market crash: 12 Jun 2015 China
Expectations for a continued rally in U.S. stocks in 2011 are front and center, and the reasons for the ebullience are numerous: U.S. GDP growth has returned to prerecession levels, and consumer ...
Investors know 2011 was a tough one for the markets. Between troubles at home and abroad, the market jerked in every direction with no rhyme or reason. As of December, the S&P 500 had netted 0.9% ...
A stock market crash is loosely defined as a sudden and sharp decline in stock prices across a broad portion of the stock market. Crashes can be triggered by panic, economic factors, bursting of ...
List of stock market crashes and bear markets, including: Wall Street crash of 1929 (October 24–29, 1929) Black Monday (1987) (October 19, 1987) Friday the 13th mini-crash (October 13, 1989) October 27, 1997, mini-crash; Economic effects of the September 11 attacks; 2007–2008 financial crisis; 2010 flash crash (May 6, 2010) August 2011 ...
In a 2011 article that appeared on the Wall Street Journal on the eve of the anniversary of the 2010 "flash crash", it was reported that high-frequency traders were then less active in the stock market. Another article in the journal said trades by high-frequency traders had decreased to 53% of stock-market trading volume, from 61% in 2009. [91]