Major market sell-offs typically occur about once every five to 10 years, according to a study, but they come at various ...

The stock market crash of October 1929 signaled the end of the "Roaring Twenties" and the beginning of the Great Depression.

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This up-and-down uncertainty is nerve-racking, but a look back at previous downturns shows that the markets are resilient.

As the world reels from tariffs instituted by the Trump administration, stock markets are widely in decline. On Friday, U.S. stock saw the worst decline since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.

By the end of the day both Thursday and Friday, the largest U.S. stock markets had experienced the largest single-day declines since the 2020 stock market crashes influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic .

COVID-19 caused a sharp and rapid decline in the market, but it also was short-lived and regarded as one of the shortest plunges in history. The U.S. stock market took a sharp dive over the past ...