By The Tim on January 16, 2009
I thought it would be interesting to post an update on the stock market crash graph that I first posted back in October.
In the chart below I have graphed the crashes of 1929, 1973, 1987, and 2001 alongside the current fall, with the peak points aligned near the left. Each crash is scaled on the [...]
Posted in Polls, Statistics | Tagged depression, Dow Jones, Polls, recession, Stock Market
By The Tim on October 24, 2008
Since the stock market is all over the news again today, I thought it would be interesting to look at some past stock crashes and see how the current one compares.
In the chart below I have graphed the crashes of 1929, 1973, 1987, and 2001 alongside the current fall, with the peak points aligned near [...]
Posted in Statistics | Tagged depression, Dow Jones, recession, Stock Market
By The Tim on October 12, 2008
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Posted in Polls | Tagged depression, Economy, Polls, recession
By The Tim on October 4, 2008
Here’s a brief roundup of a bunch of noteworthy items that have popped into my inbox and RSS feeds in the last day or two.
Aubrey Cohen: Current economic woes more like 1873 than 1929.
“When commentators invoke 1929, I am dubious,” writes Scott Reynolds Nelson, a professor of history at the College of William and Mary. [...]
Posted in News | Tagged Cohen, depression, Microsoft, recession, Seattle_PI, Seattle_Times
By The Tim on October 3, 2008
It’s official: Congress is not interested in addressing the underlying issues that caused this mess. Instead, they would rather pour trillions of dollars we don’t have into a doomed attempt to maintain the broken status quo.
I predict we’ll be repeating this whole routine in less than six months with a new bailout, after these hundreds [...]
Posted in News | Tagged bailout, banks, depression, government_meddling, predictions, recession
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