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Do the American people know this? [View all]

Largest Single-Day Point Drops in the Dow Jones (with U.S. President):

1. March 16, 2020 – -2,997.10 points (Donald Trump)
2. March 12, 2020 – -2,352.60 points (Donald Trump)
3. April 4, 2025 – -2,231.07 points (Donald Trump)
4. March 9, 2020 – -2,013.76 points (Donald Trump)
5. June 11, 2020 – -1,861.82 points (Donald Trump)
6. April 3, 2025 – -1,679.39 points (Donald Trump)

And the political party of the Presidents who presided over the largest % drop in the Dow Jones:

1. October 19, 1987 – -22.61%
President: Ronald Reagan
Year: 1987
Party: Republican
2. March 16, 2020 – -12.93%
President: Donald Trump
Year: 2020
Party: Republican
3. October 28, 1929 – -12.82%
President: Herbert Hoover
Year: 1929
Party: Republican
4. October 29, 1929 – -11.73%
President: Herbert Hoover
Year: 1929
Party: Republican
5. March 12, 2020 – -9.99%
President: Donald Trump
Year: 2020
Party: Republican
6. November 6, 1929 – -9.92%
President: Herbert Hoover
Year: 1929
Party: Republican
7. December 18, 1899 – -8.72%
President: William McKinley
Year: 1899
Party: Republican
8. August 12, 1932 – -8.40%
President: Herbert Hoover
Year: 1932
Party: Republican
9. March 14, 1907 – -8.29%
President: Theodore Roosevelt
Year: 1907
Party: Republican
10. October 26, 1987 – -8.28%
President: Ronald Reagan
Year: 1987
Party: Republican

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Do the American people know this? [View all] usregimechange Apr 5 OP

Thank You for that Excellent info My Friend BOSSHOG Apr 5 #1

Welcome. I spent quite a bit of time making sure they were accurate usregimechange Apr 5 #2

You must be one of those wacky liberals BOSSHOG Apr 5 #5

Off to the greatest page for visibility malaise Apr 5 #3

1: Point drops are useless. It's percent that counts. 2: Dow is 1896 price-weighted adding machine index. Use SP500 Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #4

one suspects point drops may be a bigger deal to most people than intellectual per centage drops. msongs Apr 5 #6

Sure, but Make America Stupid Again is not a good strategy. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #12

"Make America Stupid Again" markodochartaigh Apr 5 #31

I included the percent drops usregimechange Apr 5 #7

No you did not. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #8

WTH? usregimechange Apr 5 #15

" And the political party of the Presidents who presided over the largest % drop in the Dow Jones" usregimechange Apr 5 #16

Lists of political parties are not lists of percentage drops. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #17

Did you see the % in the sentence??? usregimechange Apr 5 #18

There is a percentage sign but no percentages. Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #19

They're ranked by percent, need the middle names of the Presidents too? usregimechange Apr 5 #20

Middle names are not percentages. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #21

There you go, updated in OP, let me know if there's anything else you need usregimechange Apr 5 #25

You could have asked nicely for them to add the %s in the post. RandomNumbers Apr 6 #50

So in your book the reader should do all the work. Every reader should spend a minute looking it up Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #51

Reminds me of when I worked at a Dem HQ and.. usregimechange Apr 7 #53

Exactly. Regardless, anything worth doing is worth doing as best as one is able. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 7 #54

The work of being nice if you notice something missing from a post and request it be added. RandomNumbers Apr 7 #55

Thank you usregimechange Apr 7 #52

Not to experts malaise Apr 5 #35

Not to experts malaise Apr 5 #36

People posting on DU are not posting to magas. . . . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #38

That chart is perfect to spread malaise Apr 5 #39

This would make a great information ad in a newspaper. Maybe Ms Walton could spring for it. jalan48 Apr 5 #9

Why not list the single day point gains records? WarGamer Apr 5 #10

Because point gains are as useless as point drops. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #11

I think the true story is volatility WarGamer Apr 5 #13

Yes, volatility is an important part of the story, as is uncertainty. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #14

KNR and bookmarking. niyad Apr 5 #22

The 8 largest Dow Jones drops in US history: aggiesal Apr 5 #23

This is way too academic looking to help with most voters unfortunately jgmiller Apr 5 #24

Yeah but the other guy here wanted everything in there usregimechange Apr 5 #26

this should be posted every where gopiscrap Apr 5 #27

Republicans are shrewd businessmen. Swede Apr 5 #28

K&R ReRe Apr 5 #29

Republicans are rigidly top-down thinkers Warpy Apr 5 #30

He will stick to it; not gonna change any time soon. He posted Friday and Saturday Bernardo de La Paz Apr 5 #40

Other factors are at work Warpy Apr 6 #46

I don't know about "90%" but yes his ego and his investment conflicts of interest are definitely factors Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #47

That 90% is a figure I've heard from both left and right sources Warpy Apr 6 #48

All of the GOP stock market analysts whom I read, recognize that DEMOCRATIC Presidents Jack Valentino Apr 5 #32

Do they know this: markodochartaigh Apr 5 #33

He's gunning to replace Raygun as the greatest president ever... Probatim Apr 5 #34

Most of them don't care. William769 Apr 5 #37

Trump is in great company with Hoover and Reagan IronLionZion Apr 5 #41

Protest sign today Bernardo de La Paz Apr 6 #42

Clearly, no--they don't. And that is why we can't have nice things... N/T Ol Janx Spirit Apr 6 #43

There's a pattern dlk Apr 6 #44

If they didn't before, they do now. Great eye-opening info. Thanks, usregimechange. wordstroken Apr 6 #45

Very interesting 🤔 thank you TommieMommy Apr 6 #49