The 8 largest Dow Jones drops in American history:
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Trump, 3/16/20 −2,997
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Trump, 3/12/20 −2,352
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Trump, 4/4/25 −2,231
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Trump, 3/9/20 −2,013
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Trump, 6/11/20 −1,861
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Trump, 4/3/25 −1,679
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Trump, 3/11/20 −1,464
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Trump, 3/18/20 −1,338
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I feel like using percentages would be more meaningful. The Dow Jones peaked at 381 just before crashing in 1929. So using absolute numbers can't be compared because the entire DJ wasn't worth the drops we are seeing today.
I in 1929 it lost~10-12% on its worst days
So far Trump is losing ~5% approx each day
It's not exactly a stellar endorsement. I'm only saying that you are comparing things at today's dollar value, when the value of currency changes over time.
This Wikipedia page shows that the worst days by percentage are not where we are yet.
However... Rank, President (AFFILIATION), date, DJ, Point loss, %loss
1 Reagan (R), 1987-10-19, 1738.74, −508.00, −22.61%
2 Trump (R), 2020-03-16, 20188.52, −2997.10, −12.93%
3 Hoover (R), 1929-10-28, 260.64, −38.33, −12.82%
4 Hoover (R), 1929-10-29, 230.07, −30.57, −11.73%
5 Trump (R), 2020-03-12, 21200.62, −2352.60, −9.99%
6 Hoover (R), 1929-11-06, 232.13, −25.55, −9.92%
7 McKinley (R), 1899-12-18, 58.27, −5.57, −8.72%
8 Hoover (R), 1932-08-12, 63.11, −5.79, −8.40%
9 T. Roosevelt (R), 1907-03-14, 76.23, −6.89, −8.29%
10 Reagan (R), 1987-10-26, 1793.93, −156.83 , −8.04 %
All republicans. I note that the biggest daily gains were also republicans but most of them are related to the big drops e.g a day, week or month later, so they basically tank the index then the index recovers some time later.
Ah, that explains it. Trump is just trying to beat Reagan's record.
I don't think it's possible. Doesn't trading now stop for the day now if it drops 20%?
Maybe he'll try and get everybody to trade at a single moment so the trades go over it. Like starting a war.
For reference, because I had to check, the drop that lead to the great depression was a 13% loss on Black Monday. Black Tuesday saw a 12% loss. This continued until it lost 89% of it's total value. Today's loss was 5.5%. Certainly a warning sign when you consider that the loss trend lasted from October 28th 1929 to the summer of 1932...
That is until you consider the total lost since inauguration day, which is one third to half the US GDP...
The Fed won't ever allow it to get as bad as the Great Depression again. Economic knowledge and monetary policy has greatly evolved since then.
The Great Recession is a more recent and likely scenario.
Umm... hasn't trump basically removed everything at the federal level that isn't blindly hanging on his word?
If trump just keeps ordering "hold tight, the turnaround is just around the corner", what can they do to stop the collapse.
The fed is not federal despite the name. And the current chair sits until 2026.
The way I had my investments structured, I was still getting gains until last week. Think I’m gonna liquidate now and ride out the plunge.
This shit show is no joke, but I can't stop laughing. Every day. It's all just so unbelievably (yet somehow easily predicted as well) stupid.
It's weird we base so much on a rigged game.
It hurts the most to the ones in this game. And another wave of under the bridge campers.
I sold all my stock in my 401k and bought bonds. Fidelity then started bitching that my portfolio was too conservative. Fuck you fidelity. I'm up .5% just this friday