The 10 worst stock market crashes in U.S. History - FYI

[osmand]

10th Worst Stock Market Crash: 2000 - 2002
Key events: Tech bubble bursting, September 11th terrorist attack

Date Started: 1/15/2000
Date Ended: 10/9/2002

Total Days: 999
Starting DJIA: 11,792.98
Ending DJIA: 7,286.27
Total Loss: -37.8%

9th Worst Stock Market Crash: 1916 - 1917
Key events: US being drawn into World War 1

Date Started: 11/21/1916
Date Ended: 12/19/1917

Total Days: 393
Starting DJIA: 110.15
Ending DJIA: 65.95
Total Loss: -40.1%

8th Worst Stock Market Crash: 1939 - 1942
Key events: World War 2, attack on Pearl Harbor

Date Started: 9/12/1939
Date Ended: 4/28/1942

Total Days: 959
Starting DJIA: 155.92
Ending DJIA: 92.92
Total Loss: -40.4%

7th Worst Stock Market Crash: 1973 - 1974
Key events: Vietnam war, Watergate scandal

Date Started: 1/11/1973
Date Ended: 12/06/1974

Total Days: 694
Starting DJIA: 1051.70
Ending DJIA: 577.60
Total Loss: -45.1%

6th Worst Stock Market Crash: 1901 - 1903
Key events: Assassination of President William McKinley; a severe drought causing alarm about US food supplies

Date Started: 6/17/1901
Date Ended: 11/9/1903

Total Days: 875
Starting DJIA: 57.33
Ending DJIA: 30.88
Total Loss: -46.1%

5th Worst Stock Market Crash: 1919 - 1921
Key
events: Followed a post war boom, bursting of the first big tech
bubble- the automobile sector (but after bottoming, this decade saw
tremendous growth in the stock market and the economy, often called the
roaring twenties)

Date Started: 11/3/1919
Date Ended: 8/24/1921

Total Days: 660
Starting DJIA: 119.62
Ending DJIA: 63.9
Total Loss: -46.6%

4th Worst Stock Market Crash: 1929
Key events: End of the roaring twenties, and kicked off the Great Depression

Date Started: 9/3/1929
Date Ended: 11/13/1929

Total Days: 71
Starting DJIA: 381.17
Ending DJIA: 198.69
Total Loss: -47.9%

3rd Worst Stock Market Crash: 1906-1907
Key
events: The "Panic of 1907" due to a credit crunch in New York, as well
as gloom due to President Roosevelt's antitrust drive

Date Started: 1/19/1906
Date Ended: 11/15/1907

Total Days: 665
Starting DJIA: 75.45
Ending DJIA: 38.83
Total Loss: -48.5%

2nd Worst Stock Market Crash: 1937-1938
Key events: Legacy of Great Depression, war scare and Wall street scandals

Date Started: 3/10/1937
Date Ended: 3/31/1938

Total Days: 386
Starting DJIA: 194.40
Ending DJIA: 98.95
Total Loss: -49.1%

Worst Stock Market Crash: 1930-1932

This
is the grand daddy of them all. Investors lost 86% of their money over
this 813 day beast. This market crash combined with the 1929 crash,
makes up the Great Depression.

If
you had $1000 on 9/3/1929 (beginning of the 4th worst crash, it would
have gone down to a whopping $108.14 by July 8th, 1932 (end of the worst
crash) or an 89.2% loss. To recover from a loss like that, you would
have to watch your portfolio go up 825%! The full recovery didn't take
place until 1954, 22 years later!

Date Started: 4/17/1930
Date Ended: 7/8/1932

Total Days: 813
Starting DJIA: 294.07
Ending DJIA: 41.22
Total Loss: -86.0%

References:
(1) About.com: The 10 worst stock market crashes in US history
(2) BBC News- Bear Markets: Wall Street's Worst

[osmand]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stock_market_crashes

another good link to study

[Kumar]

Thanks mate.
You are doing wonderful job in this forum.
Keep it up.

[sriranga]

Good info.Thanks a lot.

[ct.trader]

If
you had $1000 on 9/3/1929 (beginning of the 4th worst crash, it would
have gone down to a whopping $108.14 by July 8th, 1932 (end of the worst
crash) or an 89.2% loss. To recover from a loss like that, you would
have to watch your portfolio go up 825%! The full recovery didn't take
place until 1954, 22 years later!

Date Started: 4/17/1930
Date Ended: 7/8/1932

Total Days: 813
Starting DJIA: 294.07
Ending DJIA: 41.22
Total Loss: -86.0%

References:
(1) About.com: The 10 worst stock market crashes in US history
(2) BBC News- Bear Markets: Wall Street's Worst

This is what the CSE participants need to understand. Some counters have in fact dropped by 86% at the CSE. I think WAPO has dropped by about 95% and SING is not far off. When ever someone asks the question "I am stuck what shall I do?" The answers have always been hold or average down.

Right from the day after the market top, everyone has been encouraging others to buy and hold. And people who took that advice are now on the verge of tears.

[chap]

good post...TFS..