HISTORICAL CRISIS DATABASE

Market Crash Database

7 major market crises analyzed. See how stocks performed, which sectors were hit hardest, and how long recovery took — from Black Monday 1987 to the 2022 rate hike cycle.

2022 Rate Hikes

January 2022 – December 2022

−25%

S&P 500

Aggressive Fed rate hikes to combat 40-year-high inflation, quantitative tightening

12 monthsRecovery: 14 months for S&P 500 to recover all-time highs

COVID-19

February 2020 – March 2020

−34%

S&P 500

Global pandemic lockdowns, economic shutdown fears, oil price war

1 monthRecovery: 5 months to recover prior highs

2011 EU Debt

April 2011 – September 2011

−19%

S&P 500

Greek sovereign debt default fears, contagion to Italy and Spain, US credit downgrade

6 monthsRecovery: 5 months to recover prior highs

2008 GFC

September 2008 – March 2009

−57%

S&P 500

Lehman Brothers collapse, subprime mortgage crisis, global credit freeze

18 months (from Oct 2007 peak)Recovery: 4.5 years to recover prior highs

Dot-com Bust

March 2000 – October 2002

−49%

S&P 500

Collapse of speculative internet stock valuations, 9/11 attacks accelerated decline

31 monthsRecovery: 7 years for S&P 500 to recover

1994 Bonds

February 1994 – November 1994

−9%

S&P 500

Unexpected aggressive Fed rate hikes, bond market panic, Orange County bankruptcy

9 monthsRecovery: 4 months for S&P 500 to recover

Black Monday

October 19, 1987

−34%

S&P 500

Portfolio insurance selling cascade, program trading, overvaluation, rising interest rates

1 day (crash), 3 months (bear market)Recovery: 20 months to recover prior highs

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Historical data is educational only. Not financial advice. Past crisis returns do not predict future performance.