- On Black Monday October 19, 1987 the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted -22.6% in a single day.
- The gold price responded by rising 4.2% by the end of Black Monday. It had increased 6.5% by mid-December 1987. Figures from gold.org
- Between 1 and 14 August, when fighting was most intense and scope of the war looked like it might expand, the S&P 500 fell 19%, while oil prices doubled.
- The gold price is for the same period.
- From 9 September 2000 to 21 September 2001 the Down Jones Index fell from 11,310 to 8,235 points.
- Over the same period the price of gold rose from $256 to $276.
- The Dow Jones Index fell from its peak of 14,165 points on October 9, 2007 to a low of 6,926 points on March 5, 2009. A decline of 51.1%
- The gold price over the same period rose from $736 to $983. A total increase of 25%.
- The Dow Jones Index fell from a peak of 29,551 points on 12 February 2020 to a low of March 3, 2020 19,173.
- The gold price rose over the same period, peaking on 24 February at $1671 an increase of 6.9% in four days.