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8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

8th July 2020
Tagged as: America, Depression, Economy, Finance, Shares, USA

On the 8^th July 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average – a key indicator of the value of America’s biggest companies – fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression that began with the Wall Street Crash.

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10th March 2000: The NASDAQ index peaks at the height of the dot-com bubble

10th March 2020
Tagged as: Computing, Economics, Economy, Finance, Investment, Money, NASDAQ, Shares, Stock Market, Technology

The economic bubble that is also referred to as the ‘dot-com boom’ was the result of investors speculatively pouring money into the numerous internet companies that were founded in the mid- to late-1990s.