Predicting Stock Market Crashes With Stock Options
A stock market crash is a sudden drastic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of the market. Crashes are often driven by panic amongst the investors. At such times, external...
View Article1929 thru 1932 DJIA Bear Market Performance
It took almost three years for the “Dow” to reach the bottom. The 1929 crash was a dramatic drop with the Dow dropping almost 50% in just over two months. However, the Dow’s decline was far from over...
View ArticleComparing the 1929 Crash to the 1987 Crash
The stock market crashed two times during the 20th century — once in October 1929 and almost 60 years later in October 1987. October is sometimes described as the cruelest month for the American stock...
View ArticleThe Worst Dow Jones Industrial Average Market Crashes
When one thinks of Dow Jones Industrial Average market crashes, October 1929 and October 1987 come to mind. Although the DJIA ended the month (-20.36 Percent) in 1929 and (-23.22 Percent) in 1987,...
View ArticleGovernment Bought Stocks After 1987 Crash on Greenspans Advice
Alan Greenspan assumed his most important public position on August 11, 1987, replacing Paul A. Volcker as chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Less than two months after...
View ArticleThe Causes of the Stock Market Crash of 1987
Known as “Black Monday,” the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 508 points, losing 22.6% of its total value on October 19, 1987. It was almost twice as bad as the stock market crash of October 29,...
View ArticleTop 10 Worst January Stock Market Declines
Of the worst January stock market declines since 1928 on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, it’s a tie on how the stock market performed throughout the year after a rough start, indicating you really...
View ArticleEastman Kodak Stock After 1929 Stock Market Crash
Kodak’s origins rest with Eastman Dry Plate Company and the General Aristo Company, founded by inventor George Eastman in Rochester and Jamestown, New York. The General Aristo Company was formed in...
View ArticleSell in May and Go Away Stock Strategy
Investors who followed the Wall Street saying to “Sell in May and Go Away” have avoided some of the “Biggest Stock Market Plunges” in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index in more than four decades....
View ArticleApple and Cisco 2011 Mini Flash Crashes Kept Quiet
When the “Flash Crash” wiped some $1 trillion of companies’ market value on May 6, 2010, when the US Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 700 points before rebounding in a matter of minutes, the...
View ArticleTop 10 Worst Easter Bunny Stock Market Crashes
The New York Stock Exchange has been closed in observance of Good Friday, the Friday before Easter which is part of the Easter Holiday since its inception. Due to extraordinary circumstances, it was...
View ArticleWill June 2011 be Another Down Month for the Stock Markets?
With “Sell in May and Go Away” over, June is now here and that’s likely not good news for investors either. Although September is historically the worst month for the markets, June has been the most...
View ArticleSell in May and Go Away 2011 Market Crash – Part 1
The cliché to “Sell in May and Go Away” seems to be on investors minds once again. Evidence is accumulating that the stock market has hit an intermediate-term peak amid the deepening European...
View Article10 Clues the Stock Market is About to Crash Again
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is currently off 7% from its April high and has broken decisively down through its 50 Day Moving Average — the Federal Reserve and economist have also described this...
View ArticleDow Plunges 513 Points on August 4, 2011 Which is the Worst Drop Since the...
The stock market has just finished its worst trading day since the financial crisis. The Dow is closing with a loss of 512.76 points, or 4.31 percent, to close at 11,383.68 and it was the “Worst...
View ArticleDow Jones Stock Market Still 30% Overvalued
Whenever the stock market plunges for several days it reminds us the stock market crash in October 1929, which triggered the 12-year great depression that hit all the western industrialized nations....
View ArticleS&P Downgrade to Spark Black Monday Crash
Once the stock markets get past the initial shock on Monday — August 8, 2011 — the “S&P Downgrade” may prove to be more glimmer then bust for stocks and Treasuries, alike. Make no mistake:...
View ArticlePicking a Market Bottom During the August 2011 Stock Market Crash
Most stock market declines rarely end with days like Thursday’s (August 4, 2011) 513 point drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average. If your an investor who thinks that we’re just suffering just a...
View ArticleIs it a Stock Market Crash When the Dow Jones Industrial Average Drops 1,147...
After “Black Tuesday“, October 29, 1929, Variety declared “Wall Street Lays an Egg” — to describe a drop of 23 percent in the stock market over two days. In the stock market “Crash of 1987″, the Dow...
View ArticleLooking for a Market Bottom? Try October 2011
With turbulent trading activity, there is no sight of a bottom to the market in the near-term — volatility and the edginess in the markets does not help in forming the “Market Bottom” right now....
View Article18 Trading Strategies for a Stock Market Crash
From August 1 through August 10, when the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index plunged 13.3 percent amid surging volatility, high-frequency firms tripled their volume and may have accounted for 75 percent...
View ArticleThe Secular Bear Market of 1966 Through 1982
From a historical perspective, the 1966 through 1982 Secular Bear Market was the third one we have had since 1900 and was not overwhelming in terms of loss, it simply meandered sideways virtually...
View ArticleStock Market Crash in 2013 Predicted With a DJIA of 3,000
Economist Harry Dent sees a cataclysmic drop in stock prices that’s going to erase more than 70 percent of the market’s value by 2013, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging to 3,000 points....
View ArticleOctober is not the Worst Month for Stocks
Stocks ended a volatile 2011 third quarter on a down note — finishing the quarter down 12 percent, the largest drop since the credit crisis. Last quarter was one of the most volatile ever for the...
View ArticleStock Market Will Crash 35% in 2012
The flow of market forecasting is at its peak as we close out 2011 and look at the year ahead. Generally speaking, most outlooks fall safely within the bounds of existing consensus or conventional...
View ArticleHigh Frequency Trading now Turning Bearish and Looking for a Summer 2012...
The six month surging stock market rally has nothing to do with any signs of a economic turnaround on Main Street analysts say — the disconnect in the number of shares being traded proves this. The...
View ArticleStock Market Crash Like in 1987 to Happen Again in 2012
The stock market may plunge in the second half of the year like the “1987 Stock Market Crash” if the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbs without further stimulus from the Federal Reserve, said Marc...
View ArticleAugust 2012 Computer Glitch Almost Causes Repeat of 2010 Flash Crash
A technical glitch on the stock market caused sharp swings in dozens of stocks early Wednesday August 1, 2012 — causing confusion and disarray in the first hour of trading. It was the latest breakdown...
View ArticleThe Largest Ever One-Day Percentage Drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average...
On the first day of trading since the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) reopened in November of 1914 after being shut down due to the start of World War I earlier that year, the Dow Jones Industrial...
View ArticleThe Coming 25% Stock Market Correction
Renewed jitters over Europe, growing fears about China and the U.S’s precarious fiscal situation all bode poorly for the recent stock rally, which could correct as much as 25 percent in the coming...
View ArticleBear Market Started October 9, 2012
Will the bull market come to an end on October 9, 2012 and usher in a new bear market? Don’t laugh, it turns out that two of the most prominent market turning points of the last decade occurred on...
View ArticleWorst Stock Market Days
Despite the severity of stock market drops, the largest drop ever in terms of points goes to September 29, 2008, when the Dow Jones Industrials fell a total of 778 points during the depths of the...
View ArticleThe Most Consecutive Days Down in the Dow Jones Industrial Average
Since May 26, 1896, (the start of the data) the Dow Jones Industrial Average has been down at least eight days in a row 43 times. The all-time record for number of days in a row in which the Dow Jones...
View ArticleNew York Stock Exchange DJIA Stocks on October 29 1929
The Roaring Twenties, the decade that led up to the Crash, was a time of wealth and excess. Despite caution of the dangers of speculation, many believed that the market could sustain high price...
View ArticleDogs of the Dow Strategy
The Dogs of the Dow is an investment strategy popularized by Michael O’Higgins, in 1991 which proposes that an investor annually select for investment the ten Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks whose...
View ArticleAfter Hours Basket Bust Sends Stocks Soaring Then Plunging on Anniversary of...
A trading glitch during the after-hours trading on Monday May 2, 2011 sent dozens of “Bad Trades” on some Healthcare Sector stocks flying. In a matter of minutes, shares of Beckton Dickinson (Stock...
View ArticleDow Jones Industrial Average Sell-Off may Test August 26, 2010 Lows of 9,985
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the rest of the major stock indexes just had one of the steepest one day declines since the May 6, 2010 “Flash Crash” occurred. At this time, there are many...
View ArticleThe Dow Jones Industrial Average Breaks 10 Day Streak of Gains
After rising for the past 10 days, the Dow ended modestly lower Friday March 15, 2013 following a surprise drop in a measure of consumer confidence. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3%, ending...
View ArticleMila Kunis is now Investing – Joseph Kennedy Warned About Stock Market...
Mila Kunis is now investing in stocks but stock market experts think she could be walking into a trap. The actress was on CNBC talking about her newfound interest in investing, saying that she’s...
View ArticleWhat is a Bear Market?
A bear market is when the price of an asset class declines pretty substantially over time which most analysts announce a bear market when prices have fallen 20% or more. The term is widely used when...
View ArticleSearch Term “Crash of 1929″ Predicting 2,000 Point Drop in the DJIA Causing a...
Searching through Google Trends, one interesting search trend which stands out is “Crash of 1929″ — which seems to peak right before the Dow Jones Industrial Average crashes 1,000 to 2,000 points. So,...
View ArticleProcter & Gambles Mini Flash Crash
Procter & Gamble (Ticker Symbol: PG) stock dived 5 percent and then snapped back instantly on Friday August 30, 2013 — the stock took the dip on an errant trade, P&G’s director of investor...
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