Here's why we shouldn't forget about the crash of '87

Oct 18, 2017
On Black Monday, the stock market plunged 22.6 percent.
A trader on the New York Stock Exchange reacts on Oct. 19, 1987, as stocks are devastated during one of the most frantic days in the exchange's history. The Dow Jones index plummeted over 200 points in record trading. 
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