Trotz eines allgemein steigenden Marktes fiel der Dow Jones am 7. Februar 1929 um 3,6 %, am 25. März um 4,1 %, am 22. Mai um 4,2 %, am 27. Mai und 9. August um 4 %, am 3. Oktober um 4,2 % und am 23. Oktober vor dem berühmtberüchtigten Crash am „Schwarzen Montag“ um 6,3 %.
But the December 6, 1928, event began a sequence of increasingly severe one-day drops in the Dow over the course of the following year. Despite a generally rising market, the Dow fell by 3.6% on February 7, 1929, 4.1% on March 25, 4.2% on May 22, 4% on May 27 and August 9, 4.2% on October 3, and 6.3% on October 23, before the infamous “Black Monday” crash.