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Stock market crash

A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic loss of value of shares of stock
in corporations. Crashes often follow speculative stock market bubbles such
as the dot-com boom.

The most famous crash was in 1929, when the Dow dropped 50%, preceded the
Great Depression. The succeeding years saw the Dow drop a total of over 85%.

There was also a crash or "adjustment" on Monday October 19, 1987, known in
financial circles as Black Monday, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average
lost 22% of its value in one day, bringing to an end a five-year bull run.
The FTSE lost 10.8% on that Monday and a further 12.2% the following day.
The pattern was repeated across the world.

The stock market downturn of 2002 was part of a larger bear market that took
the NASDAQ 75% from its highs and broader indices down 30%.

Stock market crashes are driven by panic as much as by underlying economic
factors. So long as the prospect of further daily drops in the value of
stocks persists, a bear market, equity investors can be expected to sell.

Investment FreshNews:

British finance minister paints bleak picture of economy (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:25:20 GMT
Britain's economic downturn is worse than previously thought and there is no extra money available for public spending, finance minister Alistair Darling said in an interview published Saturday.

IAC Raises $2 Billion in Debt to Finance Spinoff Plan (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:50:44 GMT
July 18 (Bloomberg) -- IAC/InterActiveCorp , the Internet company controlled by Barry Diller , signed agreements to raise almost $2 billion to finance the spinoffs of three divisions, part of a plan to break up the company.

$2.45b sale to finance major mine expansion (Toowoomba Chronicle)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:36:25 GMT
THE sale of a Central Queensland coal project will help finance a massive expansion of the New Acland coal mine near Oakey.

Fitch Confirms Indiana Finance Authority Lease Bonds, Series 2003C&D at 'AA' (Centre Daily Times)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:55:21 GMT
Fitch Ratings has confirmed its underlying 'AA' rating to the Indiana Finance Authority's (authority) conversion of $71,250,000 facilities revenue refunding bonds, series 2003C and 2003D to term-rate period from auction-rate securities. The bonds are expected to be offered via negotiation on July 24. Fitch also affirms at 'AA' approximately $3 billion of Indiana's appropriation debt. The Rating ...

Leading Structured Finance Lawyers, William "Butch" Cullen and Janet Barbiere Join Kaye Scholer LLP (Centre Daily Times)
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:13:33 GMT
Kaye Scholer LLP announced that William J. "Butch" Cullen and Janet A. Barbiere have joined the firm's Corporate & Finance Department, as Partners in its New York office, effective today.

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