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List of stock market crashes and bear markets - Wikipedia
3 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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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.
Current stock market crash vs. top 20 crashes of all time (Updated) [OC]
This is a great chart. Really shows how the 4 longest corrections are in a league of their own. Everybody flips a shit when prices go down. But the true measure of pain comes with the amount of time it takes to recover. More on reddit.com
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March 18, 2025S&P 500 since 1950 - graph showing all crashes
This is better than half the DD on this sub trying to pump shit stocks. More on reddit.com
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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.
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.
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.
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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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r/economy on Reddit: Top 5 Largest 72-Hour Stock Market Crashes in History (by % Drop)
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Top 5 Largest 72-Hour Stock Market Crashes in History (by % Drop)
Black Monday (1987) Oct 16–19, 1987 – Dow Jones ~31% drop — Triggered by automated program trading and panic selling.
1929 Crash (Great Depression) Oct 28–30, 1929 – Dow Jones ~28% drop — Speculation bubble burst and mass margin call liquidations.
Liberation Day Crash (2025) Apr 2–4, 2025 – S&P 500 ~16.2% drop — Sudden imposition of historic tariffs sparked global trade panic.
COVID-19 Crash Mar 9–12, 2020 – S&P 500 ~16% drop — Pandemic fear + economic shutdown pricing + oil price war.
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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Biggest Stock Market Crashes of All Time - IG UK
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%.
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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Market Declines: A History of Recoveries Gaining confidence based on history
Bear market is defined as the period from a peak to trough, with at least a 20% decline in the S&P 500 index price. Data in USD · Past performance is no guarantee of future results. It is not possible to invest in an index. Max drawdown is the largest drawdown (peak-to-trough) within each calendar year. This data is not intended to represent the performance of any MFS portfolio. The S&P 500 Index measures the broad US stock market.
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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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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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.
Madison Trust Company
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The Biggest Events of the Past 100 Years and How They Affected the Stock Market
November 8, 2024 - Caused by the housing bubble and sub-prime mortgage crisis of 2007, the 2008 recession—also called the Great Recession—saw a 51.1% drop of the Dow over about a year and a half.
Trade That Swing
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A History of Stock Market Percentage Declines In Charts (15% to 50%+) - Trade That Swing
April 11, 2025 - The most severe was the 1930s crash, where stock values fell nearly 90%. The other 3 declines of 50% or more did not exceed 60%. When the market begins to decline, inevitably comparisons to these great historic crashes arise.
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List of largest daily changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average - Wikipedia
November 23, 2025 - Some sources (including the file Highlights/Lowlights of The Dow on the Dow Jones website) show a loss of −24.39% (from 71.42 to 54.00) on December 12, 1914, placing that day atop the list of largest percentage losses. The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly ...
Bullish Bears
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What Were the Biggest Stock Market Crashes in History?
August 31, 2025 - If you’re looking at the biggest stock market crashes on percentages alone, then the crash of 1929 was the largest. It crashed at 33.6%. That’s huge. The second largest percentage crash was black Monday in 1987.