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1987 Black Monday
S&P −34%The single worst day in market history — the S&P fell 20% on Oct 19, 1987 as portfolio-insurance selling cascaded. No recession followed.
For a credit desk. A liquidity shock, not a credit event: spreads barely moved, the Fed flooded liquidity, and markets recovered within two years. · 1987
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