Global stock markets have just experienced a shocking downturn,one far worse than anyone expected. Major exchanges in Japan, ...

A stock market crash is a rapid drop of at least 10% to 20% in a major market index. Learn more about major stock market ...

While the potential for a serious market downturn hasn’t vanished, I think it’s also time to begin thinking about another problem: the danger of a market melt-up.

What We’ve Learned From 150 Years of Stock Market Crashes Though they varied in length and severity, the market always recovered and went on to new highs.