Bubbles, sell-offs, and bear markets have become a part of our everyday vocabulary as the financial world has taken investors, as well as innocent bystanders, for quite the roller coaster ride this past decade alone. Whether you’re a stock guru or not, it’s no surprise that Wall Street has experienced some turbulent times over the years, but it’s a bit more frightening when you realize that there has been a growing number of technical difficulties plaguing the very exchanges that investors, both big and small, rely on [see 5 Tweets The Shook The ETF World]. In light of the most recent “glitch-induced” shutdown of the Nasdaq earlier this summer, below we highlight the biggest technical glitches in Wall Street’s history [see also Visual Guide: Major Index Returns by Year from 1970]: 12/9/1987: Blame It on a Squirrel A stray squirrel lost its life when it touched off a power failure [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: Updated: Which ETFs Will Own Facebook (And When) 5 Tweets That Shook the ETF World Facebook (FB) Finally Above IPO Price; ETFs That Have Endured The Ride Daily ETF Roundup: Stocks Close Mixed, IEO And IGV Rise Daily ETF Roundup: MOO Tumbles After Russian Potash News, VOX Slumps
Bubbles, sell-offs, and bear markets have become a part of our everyday vocabulary as the financial world has taken investors, as well as innocent bystanders, for quite the roller coaster ride this past decade alone. Whether you’re a stock guru or not, it’s no surprise that Wall Street has experienced some turbulent times over the years, but it’s a bit more frightening when you realize that there has been a growing number of technical difficulties plaguing the very exchanges that investors, both big and small, rely on [see 5 Tweets The Shook The ETF World]. In light of the most recent “glitch-induced” shutdown of the Nasdaq earlier this summer, below we highlight the biggest technical glitches in Wall Street’s history [see also Visual Guide: Major Index Returns by Year from 1970]: 12/9/1987: Blame It on a Squirrel A stray squirrel lost its life when it touched off a power failure [...]
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