Black Monday

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Paul Volcker launched a campaign of rate hikes that led to a recession, and the Alan Greenspan era came on the heels of the Black Monday crash of 1987.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

The longtime floor trader survived several of what he calls “it-looks-like-the-end-of-the-world” markets: Black Monday in 1987; the Great Financial Crisis; the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

With NFL’s Black Monday already in full swing, other teams are likely to make similar moves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Yet, despite the magnitude of the declines—the rest of Dow’s top six single-day drops include three sessions from 1929 and Black Monday of Oct.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

There is nothing of Black Monday about the first day of term at a public school.

From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)