Stock market crash

A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic loss of value of shares of stock
in corporations. Crashes often follow speculative stock market bubbles such
as the dot-com boom.

The most famous crash was in 1929, when the Dow dropped 50%, preceded the
Great Depression. The succeeding years saw the Dow drop a total of over 85%.

There was also a crash or "adjustment" on Monday October 19, 1987, known in
financial circles as Black Monday, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average
lost 22% of its value in one day, bringing to an end a five-year bull run.
The FTSE lost 10.8% on that Monday and a further 12.2% the following day.
The pattern was repeated across the world.

The stock market downturn of 2002 was part of a larger bear market that took
the NASDAQ 75% from its highs and broader indices down 30%.

Stock market crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic
factors. So long as the prospect of further daily drops in the value of
stocks persists, a bear market, equity investors can be expected to sell.

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