Black Monday is the term used for Oct. 19, 1987 — a day when the U.S. stock market suffered its largest single-day percentage loss ever. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped a staggering 22. ...

Both white and black Americans shied away from the stock market after the 49 percent crash in 2000-2001 and the 57 percent crash in late 2007 to early 2009, according to Ariel surveys.

Both the stock and bond market will close on Thursday for Thanksgiving. Trading will resume on Black Friday , but wrap up early, with the stock market closing at 1 p.m. and the bond market at 2 p.m.

Black Americans are the fastest-growing group of stock buyers, with young Black investors fueling the surge. Nearly 40% of Black Americans owned stocks in 2022, up from just under a third in 2016 ...

The share of Black families owning stock directly or indirectly had previously peaked at 36% in 2001, in the midst of the dot-com collapse that tanked many first-wave internet companies. But consider: ...