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Black Monday, Dow Jones Industrial Average, 1987 crash lesson

"Karol Phelps" (2018-11-01)


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Thirty years ago, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged by
 22.6% — a gut-wrenching 508 points
 — to 1,738.74 on what is now referred to as 
Black Monday
.


It was by far the largest one-day percentage drop in US stock market history.
That would be the equivalent of the Dow crashing by about 5,233 points in a single day, down to 17,921.


But as scary as that October day was, US economic growth remained resilient,
and gross-domestic-product growth never went negative. This is arguably the most important thing to remember about the whole ordeal.


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That's not to say the stock market has zero effect on the economy. After all, MaxLift Страницы a huge sell-off could slow the economy and 
even lead to a recession
.

But analysts have previously suggested stock-market crashes typically lead to less severe recessions than something like, Varyforte koop for example, a housing crash or PowerUp Premium giá cả a credit crisis.


Lombard Street Research's Dario Perkins once compared
 
the effect on GDP from both the dotcom stock market crash of 2000 and the subprime-mortgage crisis of 2007-2008. GDP continued to rise during the former, Just Remember When You Could Get A Brand New corpo sano For Zilch - And You Just. but it got slammed in the wake of the latter.

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Going back to stocks, it's encouraging to remember the stock market didn't die Black Monday. The Dow is up about 1,231% since that fateful October day, PowerUp Premium součástí to around 23,150.