Stock Market Crash: What Is It?
The stock market is generally considered a place where the selling and buying of shares of public companies happen. Mostly, stock exchange and stock market are used in a similar context but in general, they are a little different. The main difference is that multiple stock exchanges are part of a stock market so in reality, an exchange is the subset of the stock market. Most notably, the biggest stock exchanges in the United States are the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq . Both these are a part of the US stock market. A Stock Market Crash A stock market crash is when there is an unexpected decrease in the prices of many stocks. These crashes do not have any specific reason, but in the past they have occurred due to economic crises or catastrophic global events. Over the years they have also been influenced by panic selling of stocks that lead to a dip in prices or due to a speculative bubble collapsing. There have been some major stock market crashes in history and...