Black Thursday
Market collapse date
Black Thursday refers to October 24, 1929, the day the U.S. stock market began its catastrophic collapse, triggering the Great Depression.
Panic selling sent share prices into freefall.
The crash continued through the following week, with Black Tuesday (October 29) marking the worst single day.
The term now applies to any dramatic market crash: The sell-off was Wall Street's worst Black Thursday since 2008.
- stock marketSecurities trading venue
- Wall StreetAmerican finance hub
- trading floorExchange transaction area
- stock tickerReal-time price feed
- crashSudden violent impact
finance · Great Depression · collapse · interwar period · catastrophe · harbinger · ticker tape · stock · market crash · margin call · financial panic · economic collapse · capitalism · economic policy · bank run · bank failure · hyperinflation · economic instability
Black Thursdaybull market
Period of rising prices
market rally · rally · bull run · all-time high · buying frenzy
Black Thursdayeconomic boom
Sustained period of growth
economic recovery · prosperity · post-war boom · economic expansion · soft landing
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