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The Global Effects Of The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the biggest crisis ever experienced by the world economy. It hit almost every country. The highly developed economies of Western Europe and the United States: the less developed ones like Canada and, Australia, Japan and Argentina: and the underdeveloped countries of Latin America, Asia and [...]
What was it like to experience a great crash on the stock market like that on Black Monday, 1987? Lou Ginocchio, a broker of 13 years experience at the time was one of thousands of investors who were totally unprepared for the seismic events of October 19th 1987. Read full article.
Black Monday - The Sharpest Fall
On October 19th 1987, The Dow Jones Index fell from 2246.73 to 1738.41. This was the largest ever recorded drop, almost double that of the 1929 crash . $900 billion in equity simply evaporated as stock markets around the world reacted.