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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 vicious decline for the ...
The largest point drop in history occurred on March 16, 2020, when concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic engulfed the market, dropping the Dow Jones Industrial Average 2,997 points. The largest point gain (+2,113) occurred on March 24, 2020.
The Dow experiences its most spectacular rise in history. From a meager 776.92 on August 12, 1982, the index grows 1,409% to close at 11,722.98 by January 14, 2000, without any major reversals except for a brief but severe downturn in Black Monday, 1987, which includes the largest daily percentage loss in Dow history. 2000–2003: Bear market.
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The 1987 stock market crash, or Black Monday, is known for being the largest single-day percentage decline in U.S. stock market history. On Oct. 19, the Dow fell 22.6 percent, a shocking drop of ...
[11] [12] The drawdown from the high in October 2007 to the low in March 2009 was 56.8%, the largest since World War II. [13] Despite this, the index recovered substantially in the following year, closing at 822.92 on March 23, 2009, and at 1,115.10 by the end of the year, making 2009 the index's second-best year of the decade.
Kipper und Wipper (1618–22) financial crisis at the start of the Thirty Years' War; Tulip mania (1637) an economic bubble that burst, though it did not harm the economy of the Dutch Republic. [2] The General Crisis (1640s) Arguably the largest worldwide crisis in history [opinion]
Yardeni Research highlighted 5 charts that show the stock market is trading near extreme valuations. The stock market has been on a tear this year, with the S&P 500 surging 27% and minting more ...