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Dot-com Bubble
Technology was booming within the stock market since the creation of the internet, but that all changed when the market crashed failing thousands of internet companies. -
9/11 and the Economy
After the Twin Towers fell, the global market dropped sharply. -
Downturn in Stocks
Still feeling the effects of 9/11. Stocks all across America, Canada, Asia, and Europe were facing a downturn that was a record low. -
Chinese Stock Bubble
The SSE Composite Index of the Shanghai Stock Exchange tumbles 9% from unexpected selloffs, the largest drop in 10 years, triggering major drops in worldwide stock markets. -
United States in a Bear Market
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 all experienced declines of greater than 20% from their peaks. -
Financial Crisis
Failures of large financial institutions in the United States, due primarily to exposure of securities of packaged subprime loans and credit default swaps issued to insure these loans and their issuers, rapidly devolved into a global crisis resulting in a number of bank failures in Europe and sharp reductions in the value of equities (stock) and commodities worldwide. -
Dubai debt standstill
Dubai requests a debt deferment following its massive renovation and development projects, as well as the Great Recession. The announcement causes global stock markets to drop. -
European Sovereign debt crisis
Standard & Poor's downgrades Greece's sovereign credit rating to junk four days after the activation of a €45-billion EU–IMF bailout, triggering the decline of stock markets worldwide and of the Euro's value, and furthering a European sovereign debt crisis. -
Flash Crash
The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its worst intra-day point loss, dropping nearly 1,000 points before partially recovering. -
August Stock Market fall
Stock markets around the world plummet during late July and early August, and are volatile for the rest of the year. -
Chinese Stock market Crash
China stock market crash starts in June and continues into July and August. In January 2016, Chinese stock market experiences a steep sell-off which sets off a global rout. -
Brexit
World Markets tumble after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Investors lost more than the equivalent of 2 trillion United States dollars on 24 June 2016, making this day the worst single day drop in history, in absolute terms, according to data from S&P Global. The losses were extended to a combined total of the equivalent of 3 trillion dollars by additional selling on 27 June 2016 according to data from S&P Global.
