Part one of term paper
As of February 24, 1997 the United States stock market has seen only two major crashes since the first seat on the New York Stock exchange was sold in 1850. Both the 1929 and the 1987 crashes turned the Dow Jones Industrial Average downward by almost 23% each. On the other hand, this market has witnessed many corrections along the way. A stoc ...

Part two of term paper
... but rather they seem to be the consensus among the resources used in this paper. Also, the term "crash" tends to have a much greater effect on other investments, the economy itself, and even investor psychology. On a trend that started approximately six years ago, the stock market is in what is commonly referred to as the longest bull market in history. And with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), the Standard and Poor's 500, and Nasdaq Composite continuing to break new records, many i ...