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....
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