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Percentage wise, is this the largest drop in many years? (Original Post) question everything 19 hrs ago OP
No. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz 19 hrs ago #1
No, that was in 2020. But the 7 largest daily drops, including today's, have sinkingfeeling 19 hrs ago #2
Since 2020. iemanja 18 hrs ago #3
Black Monday 1987 IrishBubbaLiberal 18 hrs ago #4
Copied from a Wiz Imp post: Here's the top 10 percentages from the S&P 500 Bernardo de La Paz 13 hrs ago #5
Thank you. I remember 1987 "Black October. ". I immediately called my broker to buy question everything 4 hrs ago #7
We're all in the Krasnov Fund now! bucolic_frolic 8 hrs ago #6
It's not over. Time will tell. littlemissmartypants 1 hr ago #8

sinkingfeeling

(54,841 posts)
2. No, that was in 2020. But the 7 largest daily drops, including today's, have
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 08:47 PM
19 hrs ago

all happened under TSF.

IrishBubbaLiberal

(1,179 posts)
4. Black Monday 1987
Thu Apr 3, 2025, 09:31 PM
18 hrs ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)

On that Monday, the DJIA fell 508 points (22.6 percent), accompanied by crashes in the futures exchanges and options markets,[17] the largest one-day percentage drop in the history of the DJIA.[18] The DJIA fell from 2,246.74 at the open to 1,738.74 at the close.[19]

Bernardo de La Paz

(53,943 posts)
5. Copied from a Wiz Imp post: Here's the top 10 percentages from the S&P 500
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 02:52 AM
13 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20205209


RANK DATE DROP
1 10/19/1987 ( 20.47 )
2 10/28/1929 ( 12.34 )
3 3/16/2020 ( 11.98 )
4 10/29/1929 ( 10.16 )
5 11/6/1929 ( 9.92 )
6 3/12/2020 ( 9.51 )
7 10/18/1937 ( 9.27 )
8 10/15/2008 ( 9.04 )
9 12/1/2008 ( 8.93 )
10 7/20/1933 ( 8.88 )

8 of the 10 have been under Republicans (Hoover 3, Trump 2, W.Bush 2 & Reagan 1). 2 were under FDR during the 30's

Today's drop was the 2nd largest single day drop ever, but percentage wise it was only -4.84% which places it well below the top 20 percentage drops.

question everything

(49,950 posts)
7. Thank you. I remember 1987 "Black October. ". I immediately called my broker to buy
Fri Apr 4, 2025, 11:39 AM
4 hrs ago

Now…. I am just sitting tight. Still have to take RMD..

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