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Black Monday (also known as Black Tuesday in some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was a global, severe and largely unexpected [1] stock market crash on Monday, October 19, 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion. [ 2 ]
Oct. 19, 1987 was the day of the largest one day stock market drop in history -- and then-real estate investor Donald Trump claimed to have seen it coming.
The crash on October 19, 1987, Black Monday, was the climactic culmination of a market decline that had begun five days before on October 14. The DJIA fell 3.81% on October 14, followed by another 4.60% drop on Friday, October 16. On Black Monday, the DJIA plummeted 508 points, losing 22.6% of its value in one day.
19 Oct 1987 USA: Infamous stock market crash that represented the greatest one-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history, culminating in a bear market after a more than 20% plunge in the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average. Among the primary causes of the chaos were program trading and illiquidity, both of which fueled the ...
Société Générale’s Albert Edwards said that while some economists are expecting a soft landing his “view is that a recession still lurks.”
As the stock market continues to sell off, Investopedia shared an inside look at how investors are reacting. Caleb Silver, Investopedia Editor-in-Chief joins Yahoo Finance's On The Move to discuss.
Another famous crash took place on October 19, 1987 – Black Monday. The crash began in Hong Kong and quickly spread around the world. By the end of October, stock markets in Hong Kong had fallen 45.5%, Australia 41.8%, Spain 31%, the United Kingdom 26.4%, the United States 22.68%, and Canada 22.5%.
Thursday marks the anniversary of Black Monday, when Wall Street had its worst single-day loss ever -- and no one saw it coming.