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A financial crisis caused by fraud of foreign coins minted in the Holy Roman Empire caused a mini downfall in stock prices.
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Shares of First Bank of US are sold.
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Start of the Long Depression in the United States and much of Europe.
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Lasting 3 years, a boom and bust process that boomed in late 1880s and burst on early 1890s, causing a collapse in the Brazilian economy which enhanced the political collapse.
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Lasting 3 years, the market was spooked by the assassination of President McKinley and a severe drought later the same year, caused a decrease in the stock market.
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The NYSE closed for more than four months to stop plunging stock prices due to World War l. It was the longest the NYSE has been closed.
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Huge stock market crash known as the Great Depression. It lasted for 10 years.
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Dow Jones industrial average passes what it was at in 1929 for the first time.
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Also known as the 'Flash Crash of 1962' because lots of people were panic selling.
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Lasting 23 months, dramatic rise in oil prices, the miners' strike and the downfall of the health sector
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The Dow dropped 18% in three months, from 2,911.63 on July 3 to 2,381.99 on October 16,1990.
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Internet companies during this time had a sudden increase in stock prices. This continued on for many years. Now days, the internet companies are not very volatile and stay steady. Unless something goes bad with a server and it is slow or hacked.
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NYSE closes for four days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. When it reopens, the Dow falls 684.81 points, steepest one-day point decline.
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NYSE merges with electronic trading exchange Archipelago holdings, creating the NYSE Group, a publicly traded company.
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Till June 2009 Nasdaq and all other markets all experienced declines of greater than 20% from their peaks in late 2007.
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Snapchat fell over 43% in the last three months.
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Many stores are finding it hard to compete with Amazon because it’s an online website, easy to use, can buy almost anything and it can be to your house in 2 days. Walmart is responding well and giving Amazon competition.