Earlier this month, the Nasdaq Composite Index (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and the Dow Jones ...

On Oct. 24, 1929, stocks opened 11% lower than the previous day. In a few days, they had lost roughly 25% of their market valuation.

The images are authentic, although one photo in the post was actually from a preceding market drop days earlier.

The U.S. stock market took a sharp dive over the past week ... of 20% or more since the 1870s have found great variety in ...

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The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the end of the "Roaring Twenties" and the beginning of the Great Depression.

Economic downturns are a part of life. Whether it's a minor dip in the stock market or something that was as financially ...

Image source: The Motley Fool. The worst stock market crash in history started in 1929 and was one of the catalysts of the Great Depression. The crash abruptly ended a period known as the Roaring ...

President Donald Trump warned Americans in 2024 that a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris would be a vote for a market meltdown.

Though stocks rose and fell on the uncertainty of Trump tariffs, they did not match the catastrophes of previous crashes ...

The second of a three-part series on booms and busts looks at a period when protectionism prepared the soil for a bull market ...