Word: crash
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back to the venture capitalists that gave them seed money in the first place. But that source may be harder to tap, since venture capitalists generally make their investments in hopes of making a killing when the firm goes public. So whatever short-run damage the market crash produces, it poses an even more serious long-term threat: a slowdown in the growth of small companies and the rate of innovation...
...many ways, the Crash of '87 has been like a sudden, savage typhoon. Major corporations, like large ships, are holding up well, but many small firms could be in real difficulty...
...latest count, the October crash had spawned more than half a dozen important investigations. One was a special three-person task force announced on Oct. 22 by President Reagan and headed by New York City Investment Banker Nicholas Brady. Its mandate: to study the market procedures that led to the crash and recommend ways to prevent a recurrence. Two other probes were started by the watchdog Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to study the extravagant volatility of stock and futures markets during the crash. Other studies of market behavior were being sponsored...
...These so-called derivative stock-market products are based on baskets of securities that can be bought and sold in the future. They are primarily designed to let investors protect their portfolios against sudden market changes, especially in a form of trading known as portfolio insurance. But since the crash, they have been called speculative instruments that can whipsaw the market as a whole. Many experts argue that Black Monday's cataclysmic spiral was triggered by a panic sale of index futures by managers trying to shore up their holdings...
Global Regulation. The speed at which the crash circled the world made it clear that Tokyo, London and Manhattan are all connected outposts in a vast trading market. Yet the rules that govern stock trading can differ radically from country to country -- and indeed from one city to another. Some Congressmen are proposing that the Chicago futures markets be put under the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission, which controls the stock markets. At the moment, the futures trading pits are supervised by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which also regulates such mundane commodities as pork bellies and grain...