Which 1720 English company’s share-price collapse became known as the South Sea Bubble?
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South Sea Company
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Which 1720 English company’s share-price collapse became known as the South Sea Bubble?
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South Sea Company
What was the name of the 1637 Dutch financial crisis widely associated with the collapse of tulip-bulb speculation?
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Tulip mania
On which date did the 1929 Wall Street Crash’s worst single-day percentage fall occur, known as Black Tuesday?
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October 29, 1929
What was the name of the 2010 event in which U.S. markets briefly lost about $1 trillion in value?
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Flash Crash
In what year did the South Sea Bubble collapse, causing a major early stock-market crash in Britain?
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1720
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