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    [OC] Three Worst Single-Day Stock Market Drops in Modern History, Dow Jones, 1987-2020

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    1. ptrdo on

      **Three Worst Single-Day Stock Market Drops in Modern History, Dow Jones, 1987-2020**

      The intent here was to compare the worst single-day drops in the Dow Jones in modern times (since the Great Depression). These drops were put into the context of the previous high and the period until that high is recovered. These three separate drop events are charted as a percentage change from the opening price of the drop date so that the recoveries can be fairly compared.

      Data cleaned and aggregated in MacOS Numbers, then charted in R, output via an SVG device, and then refined in Adobe Illustrator.

      Source, Historical Dow Jones Industrial Average Indexes:

      [http://investing.com/indices/us-30-historical-data](http://investing.com/indices/us-30-historical-data)

      Working Google Sheet (multiple worksheets):

      [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IzK3VjgIPdH4ARGZxtR7XqGsyABMHGgFZ9Ji_VvWXEY/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IzK3VjgIPdH4ARGZxtR7XqGsyABMHGgFZ9Ji_VvWXEY/edit?usp=sharing)

      A most-current version (subject to change per comments):

      [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nuvLExt-uVIvhhqtLnClVR0DXA6qE1Z7/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nuvLExt-uVIvhhqtLnClVR0DXA6qE1Z7/view?usp=sharing)

      https://preview.redd.it/du26r5c7ojhe1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=760fe55875719c6357c0a38272bbff44ee02f265

    2. Techiesarethebomb on

      idk, feel like we are still recovering from the Great Recession. People’s opinions on the economy broke that day.

    4. Tiny-Sugar-8317 on

      The title seems kinda misleading. This isn’t the time to recover the losses on that one date but the time to recover to the previous high. By that metric these aren’t necessarily even the most relevant as they’re not the longest bear markets.

    5. AnnoyAMeps on

      The funny thing is 1987 and 2020 still ended in the green and were on uptrends, while the 2000 recession took until 2013 to fully recover, mostly thanks to 2008.

    6. andymook on

      Ok these are crashes.
      If someone had knowledge these events were going to happen, say a week before each, through insider info, how would they be able to capitalise on each event?
      (Asking for a time-travelling friend)

    8. Theburritolyfe on

      The Dow is a metric for the market. It consists of only 30 companies. All of them are in the S&P 500.

      Still it’s kind of cool to see this info.

    9. Meet-me-behind-bins on

      My parents were just getting their heads above water in the late 80’s when Black Monday clobbered them.

      I was just getting my head above water when the great recession clobbered me.

      My kids were getting their head above water when Covid-19 clobbered them.

      Fucking terrible timing all round.

    10. ambiguator on

      All 3 drops occurred under the final ~year Republican administrations, while all 3 recoveries took place during Democrat administrations.

      I’m sure that’s unrelated though…