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What is a stock market crash?
In short: A crash is a sudden fall of markets, often more than 20% in a short time. The best known: 1929, 1987, the dot-com bust in 2000, the 2008 crisis and Covid in March 2020.
How long to recover
It varies enormously: a few months after March 2020, several years after 2008, and more than a decade for some indices after 2000.
Can it be predicted?
Not the date. But you can measure when the risk of a sharp drop is higher than usual: it is one of the forecasts that works best in the radar's test.
How to prepare
Diversify, keep an emergency fund, avoid leverage and decide in advance not to panic-sell.