**Three Worst Single-Day Stock Market Drops in Modern History, Dow Jones, 1987-2020**
The intent here was to compare the worst single-day drops in the Dow Jones in modern times (since the Great Depression). These drops were put into the context of the previous high and the period until that high is recovered. These three separate drop events are charted as a percentage change from the opening price of the drop date so that the recoveries can be fairly compared.
Data cleaned and aggregated in MacOS Numbers, then charted in R, output via an SVG device, and then refined in Adobe Illustrator.
Source, Historical Dow Jones Industrial Average Indexes:
idk, feel like we are still recovering from the Great Recession. People’s opinions on the economy broke that day.
Why does the Covid drop stop after not even a year when it’s been 4 years?
The title seems kinda misleading. This isn’t the time to recover the losses on that one date but the time to recover to the previous high. My that metric these aren’t necessarily even the most relevant as they’re not the longest bear markets.
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**Three Worst Single-Day Stock Market Drops in Modern History, Dow Jones, 1987-2020**
The intent here was to compare the worst single-day drops in the Dow Jones in modern times (since the Great Depression). These drops were put into the context of the previous high and the period until that high is recovered. These three separate drop events are charted as a percentage change from the opening price of the drop date so that the recoveries can be fairly compared.
Data cleaned and aggregated in MacOS Numbers, then charted in R, output via an SVG device, and then refined in Adobe Illustrator.
Source, Historical Dow Jones Industrial Average Indexes:
[http://investing.com/indices/us-30-historical-data](http://investing.com/indices/us-30-historical-data)
Working Google Sheet (multiple worksheets):
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IzK3VjgIPdH4ARGZxtR7XqGsyABMHGgFZ9Ji_VvWXEY/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IzK3VjgIPdH4ARGZxtR7XqGsyABMHGgFZ9Ji_VvWXEY/edit?usp=sharing)
idk, feel like we are still recovering from the Great Recession. People’s opinions on the economy broke that day.
Why does the Covid drop stop after not even a year when it’s been 4 years?
The title seems kinda misleading. This isn’t the time to recover the losses on that one date but the time to recover to the previous high. My that metric these aren’t necessarily even the most relevant as they’re not the longest bear markets.
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