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100 Years of Market Crashes: How Screwed are We?
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100 Years of Market Crashes: How Screwed are We?

From 1929 to 2025, Market Crashes have been a fact of Western Capitalism for 100 years- so what does the Past tell us about Today? And what can we do to avoid baking depression era water pie tomorrow?

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2025, Wednesday the 2nd of April: President Donald J. Trump announces global blanket tariffs at a minimum of 10%, up to 104% - because round numbers are for the economically literate. The S&P 500 collapses 4.5% immediately. The Dow drops 3%. By the end of the week the American economy will have had $6 Trillion in market cap wiped out. But hey, nothing s…

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