Black Monday

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Sure, Alan Greenspan had to deal with the Black Monday stock-market crash two months after he took charge.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Colloquially, the Fed’s action to halt the Black Monday crash became known as the Greenspan put, an insurance policy against steep losses.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 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

In January 2000 there were five daily losses of more than 3% in the Nasdaq, the most of any month since October 1987’s Black Monday crash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

If "Black Monday" is past, the "Gift" will still be acceptable: it will make school-time pass as happily as a holiday.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 533, February 11, 1832 by Various