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Lessons in History
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Crisis |
Drop in S&P 500 |
Six months later |
One year later |
| Korean War, June 1950 | -15% in 5 weeks | +31% | +36% |
| Sputnik, October 1957 | -10% in 3 weeks | +8 % | +30% |
| Steel price rollback, April 1962 | -20% in 8 weeks | +11% | +24% |
| Liquidity crisis, May 1970 | -12% in 4 weeks | +16% | +42% |
| Arab oil embargo, October 1973 | -17% in 9 weeks | -1% | -28% |
| Nixon resignation, August 1974 | -19% in 5 weeks | +30% | +27% |
| Currency crisis, October 1978 | -11% in 3 weeks | +8% | +16% |
| Hunt silver debacle, March 1980 | -12% in 4 weeks | +26% | +29% |
| Interest rate rise, September 1981 | -13% in 4 weeks | +8% | +12% |
| Financial panic, October 1987 | -26% in 3 weeks | +7% | +16% |
| Iraq invades Kuwait, August 1990 | -20% in 12 weeks | +28% | +30% |
| Asian currency depreciation, March 1997 | -10% in 2 weeks | +29% | +36% |
| Russian debt default, May 1998 | -19% in 7 weeks | +40% | +40% |
| Sept. 11 U.S. tragedy, September 2001 | -12% in 2 weeks | +19% | -6% |
| War in Iraq, March 2003 | -3% in 2 weeks | +19% | +27% |
