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Wikipedia
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List of stock market crashes and bear markets - Wikipedia
2 days ago - This is a list of stock market crashes and bear markets. The difference between the two relies on speed (how fast declines occur) and length (how long they last). Stock market crashes are quick and brief, while bear markets are slow and prolonged. Those two do not always happen within the same ...
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Hartford Funds
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Top 10 Stock Market Drops & Recoveries
April 1, 2025 - 10-Worst Single-Day Percent Declines for US Stocks 1981–2025 · Past performance does not guarantee future results. Data shown is for the S&P 500 Price Index as of 3/17/25. Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment.
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Bankrate
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Biggest Stock Market Crashes In US History | Bankrate
April 3, 2025 - On March 16, 2020, the Dow fell almost 3,000 points, or nearly 13 percent, for its largest point decline ever and largest single-day percentage drop since the 1987 crash. After reaching an all-time high on Feb.
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The Motley Fool
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Biggest Stock Market Crashes in History | The Motley Fool
October 31, 2025 - On Monday, Oct. 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged almost 22%. It was the biggest single-day decline in stock market history. The remainder of the month wasn't much better: By the start of November 1987, most of the major stock market indexes had lost more than 20% of their value.
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Reddit
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r/economy on Reddit: Top 5 Largest 72-Hour Stock Market Crashes in History (by % Drop)
April 4, 2025 -

Top 5 Largest 72-Hour Stock Market Crashes in History (by % Drop)

  1. Black Monday (1987) Oct 16–19, 1987 – Dow Jones ~31% drop — Triggered by automated program trading and panic selling.

  2. 1929 Crash (Great Depression) Oct 28–30, 1929 – Dow Jones ~28% drop — Speculation bubble burst and mass margin call liquidations.

  3. Liberation Day Crash (2025) Apr 2–4, 2025 – S&P 500 ~16.2% drop — Sudden imposition of historic tariffs sparked global trade panic.

  4. COVID-19 Crash Mar 9–12, 2020 – S&P 500 ~16% drop — Pandemic fear + economic shutdown pricing + oil price war.

  5. Lehman Brothers Crash (GFC) Oct 6–9, 2008 – S&P 500 ~15.5% drop — Banking system froze after Lehman’s collapse and credit panic.

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Visual Capitalist
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The Biggest Stock Market Crashes in Modern History
October 9, 2024 - The bursting of the dot-com bubble marked the second-largest market crash, with the S&P 500 dropping 49% from its peak. When the Federal Reserve began raising interest rates between 1999 and 2000, overvalued internet stocks were among the hardest hit. At the time, companies like Amazon, Yahoo, and Qualcomm saw their stock prices plunge by over 80%. While many dot-com companies failed, some, like Amazon, achieved remarkable growth in the following decades.
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Wikipedia
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Stock market crash - Wikipedia
September 15, 2025 - The FTSE 100 dropped 13%, while the DJIA and S&P 500 Index dropped 11–12% in the biggest downward weekly drop since the 2008 financial crisis. On Monday, March 9, 2020, after the launch of the 2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war, the ...
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IG
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Biggest Stock Market Crashes of All Time | IG International
October 31, 2018 - On 29 October, or ‘Black Tuesday’, the NYSE had four times the normal trading volume as panicked investors took to the market to sell their shareholdings. The Dow Jones dropped by over 12%.
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Morningstar
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Stock Market Crashes: A Look at 150 Years of Bear Markets | Morningstar
December 2, 2025 - It took the US stock market 18 months to recover from its most recent bear market—the downturn of December 2021, which was spurred by the Russia-Ukraine war, intense inflation, and supply shortages. On the other hand, the covid downturn of March 2020 was a much faster cycle. Though the initial drop was dramatic, the market ultimately recovered in just four months—the fastest recovery of any market crash over the past 150 years.
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Investopedia
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Timeline of U.S. Stock Market Crashes
February 28, 2022 - The Dow lost about 5.7% in a single day—May 28, 1962—making it the second-largest one-day point decline in history. Over several months, the broader market fell by more than 20%, reflecting a deep correction.
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TheStreet
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Biggest Stock Market Crashes in History - TheStreet
February 29, 2020 - With investors furiously shedding technology stocks like Globe.com, the tech-oriented Nasdaq fell from 5,0000 in early 2001 to just 1,000 by 2002. It only recovered after Wall Street began more accurately evaluating the real financial stability of high-tech companies — as investors grew more discerning and more conservative about which stocks and funds they purchased. Many Americans likely don’t know just how close the U.S. financial sector came to collapsing during the stock market crash of 2008 and 2009, as Wall Street banks’ high-risk trading practices nearly took down the greatest economy in the world.
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Statista
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Chart: The Worst Stock Market Crashes of the 21st Century | Statista
After trading had to be halted for 15 minutes on Thursday morning, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite Index and the S&P 500 each closed the day with losses in excess of nine percent, making sure March 12, 2020 will go down ...
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France 24
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The worst market crashes since 1929
April 7, 2025 - From January to October that year, the world's main stock markets fell between 30 and 50 percent. The start of the millennium saw the deflation of the tech bubble caused by venture capitalists throwing money at unproven companies.
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Business Standard
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Nasdaq tumbles: A look back at the biggest stock market crashes | Markets News - Business Standard
March 11, 2025 - One of the most dramatic market crashes in history, Black Monday saw the DJIA plunge 22.6 per cent in a single day—the largest one-day percentage drop ever. Months of rapid stock gains had led to fears of an asset bubble, while a growing trade ...
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TradeCiety
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The 10 Biggest Stock Market Crashes of the Last 100 Years
April 29, 2024 - Black Monday, October 19th, 1987, remains etched in financial history as the biggest one-day percentage decline ever recorded on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In a single day, the Dow Jones plunged a staggering 22.6%, wiping out nearly a ...
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NorthJersey.com
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Great Depression to COVID-19: The worst stock market crashes in US history
April 8, 2025 - The most famous, the 1929 crash that marked the start of the Great Depression, has been identified by the overwhelming majority of economists as the most severe. The 79% drop in terms of real total returns was followed by a prolonged recovery ...
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Investopedia
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Understanding Stock Market Crashes and Their Impact
September 7, 2025 - Large financial entities may intervene to stabilize markets by purchasing substantial quantities of stocks during periods of panic. Stock market crashes are typically abrupt double-digit percentage ...
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WCVB
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Get the Facts: What are the worst days in stock market history?
April 8, 2025 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average experienced its largest daily percentage loss during the Stock Market Crash of 1987 on what is known as Black Monday. The index dropped more than 22% from the day prior.
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Federal Reserve History
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Stock Market Crash of 1929 | Federal Reserve History
Home > Federal Reserve History > Time Period: The Great Depression > Stock Market Crash of 1929 ... On Black Monday, October 28, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined nearly 13 percent. Federal Reserve leaders differed on how to respond to the event and support the financial system.