Dow's performance, 1929 and 2008

— -- The Dow Jones industrial average's performance is often used in tracking parallels between the crash of 1929 and the current economic crisis.

The '29 drop of 38.33 points was 12.8% and the second-biggest percentage ever behind 1987's crash with 23.0%. The September drop of 778 points was the biggest point drop ever, with a 7.0% loss, the 19th largest. percentage changes in value of the Dow 100 days after the '29 crash and September: