Which 1987 market-crash mechanism used automatic sell orders to hedge portfolios?
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Portfolio insurance
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Which 1987 market-crash mechanism used automatic sell orders to hedge portfolios?
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Portfolio insurance
Which stock exchange was at the center of the 1873 financial panic that helped trigger a long depression?
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Vienna Stock Exchange
Which 1973–1974 stock-market collapse followed the oil crisis and ended the postwar bull market in the United States?
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1973–1974 bear market
What was the name of the speculative bubble that collapsed in England in 1720 around the South Sea Company?
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South Sea Bubble
Which 1998 event caused Russia to default on domestic debt and helped trigger a global hedge-fund crisis?
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Russian financial crisis
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Which stock exchange was at the center of the 1873 financial panic that helped trigger a long depression?
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Vienna Stock Exchange
Which 1998 event caused Russia to default on domestic debt and helped trigger a global hedge-fund crisis?
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Russian financial crisis
Which day is traditionally identified as the start of the 1929 Wall Street Crash?
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Black Thursday
What was the official name of the 1997 Asian stock-market crisis that began with Thailand's baht devaluation?
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Asian financial crisis