stock market crash
Wall Street disaster
A stock market crash is a sudden, dramatic decline in stock prices across a significant portion of the market, typically occurring over days or even hours.
Crashes are often triggered by panic selling, economic shocks, or the bursting of speculative bubbles, and they can wipe out vast amounts of wealth quickly.
The 1929 stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression.
Unlike gradual bear markets, crashes are characterized by their speed and severity, often losing 10% or more in a single day.
Rapid mass divestiture
- plungeSudden steep descent
- stampedeFrenzied mass flight
- fearEmotional response to threat
- contagionDisease spread by contact
turmoil · meltdown · chaos · capitulation · margin call · flight to safety · bank run · circuit breaker
1987 stock market collapse
- Black TuesdayHistoric stock market crash
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- financial crisisSevere economic system breakdown
- credit crunchSevere reduction in lending
collapse · bankruptcy · insolvency · default · bailout · systemic risk · Lehman Brothers · 2008
Prolonged economic decline
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- depressionProlonged low state
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- foreclosureLender seizes mortgaged property
poverty · cutbacks · downsizing · restructuring · belt-tightening · hardship · contraction · slowdown
Irregular change over time
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- whipsawTwo-person timber cutter
- swingSuspended recreational seat
choppiness · uncertainty · risk · hedging · dead cat bounce · oscillation · gyration · rollercoaster
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
- dotcomInternet-based commercial enterprise
- tulipmaniaHistoric floral speculation craze
- irrational exuberanceUnjustified collective market optimism
housing bubble · bull trap · unsustainable · bubble economy · frothiness · euphoria · overleveraged · hype
sell-off
Rapid mass divestiture
contagion · turmoil · meltdown · chaos · capitulation · margin call · flight to safety · bank run · circuit breaker · trading halt
Black Monday
1987 stock market collapse
- Black TuesdayHistoric stock market crash
- Great Depression1930s global economic crisis
- financial crisisSevere economic system breakdown
credit crunch · collapse · bankruptcy · insolvency · default · bailout · systemic risk · Lehman Brothers · 2008 · 1929
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- unemploymentBeing without paid work
- depressionProlonged low state
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
foreclosure · poverty · cutbacks · downsizing · restructuring · belt-tightening · hardship · contraction · slowdown · layoffs
fluctuation
Irregular change over time
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- instabilityTendency toward unpredictable change
- whipsawTwo-person timber cutter
swing · choppiness · uncertainty · risk · hedging · dead cat bounce · oscillation · gyration · rollercoaster · intraday
speculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
- overvaluationAppraising too highly
- dotcomInternet-based commercial enterprise
- tulipmaniaHistoric floral speculation craze
irrational exuberance · housing bubble · bull trap · unsustainable · bubble economy · frothiness · euphoria · overleveraged · hype · FOMO
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Period of rising prices
market rally · bull run · irrational exuberance · buying frenzy · speculative bubble
stock market crasheconomic boom
Sustained period of growth
economic expansion · prosperity · Roaring Twenties · economic recovery · golden age
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