Market Data, Research, and Market Events

This branch separates research and event-context pages from index methodology and named benchmark pages.

In this section

• Market Cycles and Crashes
  Focused investing entries about bull markets, bear markets, black swans, and market crashes.
  • Bear Market: Prolonged Period of Declining Stock Prices
    A comprehensive explanation of Bear Markets, their characteristics, examples, historical context, and comparisons with Bull Markets.
  • Black Swan Events in the Stock Market: Definition, Examples, and Historical Context
    Explore the concept of Black Swan events in the stock market, including a comprehensive definition, notable examples, historical impact, and why these events seem obvious in hindsight yet are difficult to predict.
  • Bull Market: An Era of Rising Market Prices
    A bull market signifies a prolonged period of rising prices in the market for assets such as stocks, commodities, and bonds, reflecting investor confidence and inducing a self-sustaining cycle of speculation and investment.
  • Stock Market Crash: Comprehensive Definition and Analysis
    An in-depth exploration of stock market crashes, detailing their causes, effects, historical instances, and preventative measures.
• Market Research and Index Publications
  Focused investing entries about market research sources, index publications, and benchmark series.
  • CRSP: Comprehensive Databases for U.S. Stock Market Data
    An in-depth look at the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), known for its extensive and detailed U.S. stock market data.
  • Nifty Fifty: The Market's Most Favored Stocks of the 1960s and 1970s
    Delve into the history, significance, and impact of the Nifty Fifty, a group of highly favored stocks by institutional investors in the 1960s and 1970s.
  • Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation Annual Publication
    Learn what the Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation annual publication is, why investors use it, and how historical return data helps long-horizon analysis.
  • World Equity Benchmark Series (WEBS): Overview and Evolution into iShares MSCI
    A comprehensive guide to the World Equity Benchmark Series (WEBS), its function as an international fund traded on the American Stock Exchange, and its rebranding to iShares MSCI in 2000.