GB Historical Archive
Archive files covering GB: every file tells what happened and why it mattered, paired with playable scenarios built from authentic market data.
58 files
2025 · Stocks · US
Q4 2025–Q2 2026: A Global Equity Rally, Its Correction, and the Markets That Diverge
From October 2025, global equity markets entered a synchronized rally before correcting sharply in Q1 2026, with dramatic divergences across Gulf, Asian, and US indices.
Read the file →2024 · Stocks · US
2024 Consumer Disc SPDR: Riding the Sector Rotation Boom
An XLY boom replaying 150 trading days from June 2024 through January 2025, the Consumer Disc SPDR climbed 27.2% with a 12.7% drawdown and 11 decision points.
Read the file →2022 · Forex · US
2022 Autumn: Three Forex Storms — Yen Intervention, UK Mini-Budget, Dollar Peak at 114
USD/JPY reversed after Japan's finance ministry intervened; GBP collapsed on the UK mini-budget crisis; DXY hit 114 in Q4 2022 — all within months.
Read the file →2016 · Commodities · GB
2016 Commodity Crisis: The Divergent Markets After Brexit
From July 2016, commodity markets fractured along sector lines as ferrous surged while precious metals corrected sharply, testing risk discipline across 19 replay scenarios.
Read the file →2012 · Property · BG
October 2012: Seven National Property Markets Begin a Coordinated Ascent
Seven national property indices began climbing together in October 2012, riding low rates and policy support through a rare sustained bull phase with minimal drawdowns.
Read the file →2012 · Property · US
December 2012: The Turning Point When US Housing Found Its Footing After Crisis
US housing's post-crisis turning point: how a shattered market found its footing from late 2012. Property boom, recovery dynamics.
Read the file →2012 · Stocks · US
2012 Global Equity Correction: From Summer Drawdown to Divergent Recovery
Global equities entered summer 2012 with a broad correction, then bifurcated sharply — US and Nordic markets recovered while emerging Asia and Europe diverged through year-end.
Read the file →2010 · Property · US
October 2010: Divergent Recovery — US Housing Markets Navigate Fragile Post-Crisis Terrain
Sixteen city and national property markets from October 2010 reveal divergent recovery paths after the housing crash — some cities stabilizing, others still falling.
Read the file →2009 · Stocks · US
2009: The Post-Crisis Recovery — Global Equities Rebound Through Hidden Volatility
How global equity markets climbed from the 2008 abyss in 2009 — and what the gap between headline gains and internal drawdowns revealed for traders who lived through each session.
Read the file →2008 · Stocks · US
2008: The Global Equity Correction and Crash — How Subprime Became a Systemic Crisis
During 2008, global equities corrected then crashed as subprime contagion spread from US housing to banks, commodities, and emerging markets worldwide.
Read the file →2008 · Property · BG
2008 Property Markets: How Identical Shocks Produced Opposite Outcomes
Six national property indices reveal how the 2008 crisis hit markets differently—China's stimulus versus Bulgaria's 35.6% loss.
Read the file →2007 · Property · US
2007 October: The US Housing Crash and Global Property Crisis — Thirty Months That Rewrote Risk
Oct 2007–Mar 2010: US housing indices fell continuously; Phoenix recorded a 48.4% max drawdown, with contagion spreading to Bulgaria.
Read the file →2006 · Property · US
October 2006: US City Housing Indices Peak — The Start of a Property Collapse That Reshaped Global Finance
In October 2006, the US 10-city composite housing index closed at 222.78. Over the next 30 months, it would fall 30.7% as the subprime crisis unfolded.
Read the file →2005 · Property · BG
April 2005: National Eight Articles and the Global Property Market Divide
China's 2005 property tightening set off a decade-long experiment in policy-driven cooling—against a backdrop of eight markets that would diverge wildly as the global credit crisis approached.
Read the file →2005 · Property · CA
2005-07: Six Nations, One Housing Storm — The Global Property Replay
Six national housing indices from July 2005 to October 2012 reveal divergent outcomes when the 2008 crisis hit property markets worldwide.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · US
December 8, 2005: ADX Ignition and the New Narrative for Global Equities
On December 8, 2005 the Abu Dhabi Exchange index began a rally that opened a 61-scenario cluster spanning 14 countries and two years of price action.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · US
Late 2005 Global Stock Rally: Synchronized Bull Markets Across Seven Markets
In late 2005, equity markets across seven countries entered a synchronized uptrend—small-caps led while sectors rotated, testing trend-following discipline.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · US
2005: Global Uptrend, Regional Divergence — When One Year's Markets Told Three Different Stories
2005 delivered a rare market experiment: global mid-caps climbed while China's indices crashed. Volatility extremes up to 8.4% in a single session tested every assumption about disciplined investing.
Read the file →2005 · Property · BG
2005: Two Property Markets, One Shock, Divergent Collapse
In 2005, two overheating property markets set the stage for the 2008 crisis. Bulgaria's drawdown reached 45.3%, the UK's 25.8%.
Read the file →2004 · Stocks · US
2004–2005: Reading the World's Markets in Parallel
A year-end 2004 pivot sent markets on sharply divergent paths—China's reform shock, Indonesia's commodity surge, and a mixed global picture that tested every trading style.
Read the file →2004 · Property · US
2004: US Housing Bubble — The Low-Volatility Illusion
17 US housing replays, 2004–2011: low-volatility boom masked fragility; subprime expansion ended in crisis.
Read the file →2004 · Property · US
June 2004: The U.S. Housing Bubble's Final Acceleration — When Low Volatility Became a Warning Signal
In mid-2004, U.S. housing entered its last surge phase. Case-Shiller indices climbed without meaningful correction, lulling participants before the 2008 reckoning.
Read the file →2003 · Property · CA
October 2003: Five Nations, One Property Boom, Divergent Fates
A single month saw five national property indices open in unison—only to split wildly over the next 30 months. Canada surged 57.5%; the UK barely budged. The divergence began in plain sight.
Read the file →2003 · Property · US
2003: The Zero-Drawdown Housing Market and the Psychology of Stability
June 2003: the Fed had cut rates, housing was climbing, and American cities entered a 30-month run with nearly zero drawdowns. What could go wrong?
Read the file →2002 · Property · CA
2002-01: Four Property Markets, Four Risk Profiles — The BIS Boom That Wasn't One Crisis
Four national property indices embarked on divergent 2000s trajectories from January 2002, each telling a different story about returns, drawdowns, and volatility discipline.
Read the file →2002 · Stocks · US
Late 2002 – Early 2003: Defensive Rotation and the Healthcare ETF Test
Healthcare stocks faced a critical test as markets digested the dot-com wreckage. How did XLV perform as a defensive play during post-crisis recovery?
Read the file →2000 · Stocks · US
2000–2001: BEL 20 and the Post-Dot-Com Correction — When Europe's Blue Chips Met the Tech Wreck
How Belgium's BEL 20 index — starting at 3007.82 on September 27, 2000 — absorbed the dot-com collapse's shockwave across 150 trading days, shedding 7.0% with a 19.0% maximum drawdown.
Read the file →1996 · Property · CA
1996: The Quiet Property Boom — Five Markets, One Shared Lesson
Five national property indices rose in unison without meaningful correction, demanding a different kind of discipline from traders and investors.
Read the file →1996 · Stocks · AE
1996: Frontier Booms, Developed-Market Corrections, and the Psychology of Drawdowns
A divided 1996: UAE and Thai markets surged 39% and 78% while US small-caps corrected 2.1% with 15.6% drawdowns. What this divergence means for decision training.
Read the file →1996 · Stocks · AE
1996: How a Quiet Year in Global Equities Planted Seeds for 1997's Divergence
A year of mixed signals across ten markets—from Mexico's sideways IPC to Korea's Hanbo stress—shows how texture within trends matters more than headlines.
Read the file →1996 · Stocks · AE
1996 Summer: Abu Dhabi's ADX Crash and the Anatomy of a Gulf Market Correction
A 33% drawdown in 30 trading days—how the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange collapsed in summer 1996 and what its recovery revealed about emerging market structure.
Read the file →1995 · Property · FI
1995–2002: Three Markets, One Boom — Why Parallel Uptrends Tell Different Risk Stories
Mid-1990s to early 2000s saw residential property surge across Finland, UK, and US — yet the same boom masked wildly different volatility profiles and institutional lessons.
Read the file →1994 · Property · FI
1994 Property Boom: Finland, UK, and US Divergent Recovery in BIS Historical Scenarios
Three national property markets—Finland, UK, and US—emerged from the early 1990s recession with strikingly different volatility profiles, all replayable in BIS scenarios spanning 1994–2001.
Read the file →1993 · Stocks · US
August 1993: The Synchronous European Equity Rally That Never Traveled Alone
On August 9, 1993, the AEX closed at 155.35—European equity uptrends were converging across nine markets and five market regimes, setting the structural template for the decade ahead.
Read the file →1992 · Stocks · AE
1992: Global Stock Markets in Correction — Five Markets, Five Drawdown Lessons
In 1992, stock markets from Abu Dhabi to London to Mexico City entered simultaneous correction phases, testing position discipline across very different risk environments.
Read the file →1992 · Property · FI
October 1992: Three Property Markets, Three Recovery Paths
Three national property indices opened October 1992 at different levels—38.69 (Finland), 45 (UK), 175.45 (US)—and began distinct multi-year recoveries through the 1990s.
Read the file →1991 · Property · FI
1991 October: Three Markets, Three Recovery Paths — The BIS/FHFA Property Boom
In October 1991, UK, Finland and US property markets embarked on divergent recovery paths after recession, testing investor resolve across three distinct volatility profiles over the next eight years.
Read the file →1990 · Stocks · US
1990 Summer: The Gulf Shock and Small-Cap Correction
August 1990's Iraqi invasion of Kuwait triggered a global market correction; small-caps bore the brunt before recovering in 1991.
Read the file →1990 · Stocks · US
Gulf War Shadows: How the 1990 Middle East Crisis Shook Global Equity Markets
Gulf War escalation in 1990 sent shockwaves through global equities — NASDAQ shed 30.7%, small-caps crashed 26.2%. How did geopolitical risk cascade across US, UK, and Gulf markets?
Read the file →1990 · Property · FI
October 1990: UK and Finland Property Markets Enter Divergent Collapses
Two national property indices opened October 1990 at similar heights — one entered a grinding seven-year decline, the other a catastrophic contraction triggered by geopolitical collapse.
Read the file →1989 · Stocks · AE
1989–1990: Three Mid-Cap Corrections at the Decade's Edge
Winter 1989 brought a rare synchronized correction across UK, UAE, and US mid-cap markets—FTSE 250 fell 16.4%, ADX dropped 25.3%, S&P 400 slipped 10.8%.
Read the file →1989 · Property · CA
1989-1996: Five Property Markets, One Overheat — Why Some Collapsed While Others Recovered
When global property peaked in 1989, five nations diverged sharply. Finland crashed 39.8%, the UK fell 28.9%, Norway dropped 25.4%, Canada wobbled 8.4%, and the US barely flinched at 0.4%.
Read the file →1989 · Stocks · US
1989: The Small-Cap Correction That Split the Market
Three mid- and small-cap indices corrected in sync during 1989 — exposing a persistent gap between headline losses and actual drawdown pain.
Read the file →1988 · Property · CA
1988-10: The BIS Property Collapse — Nordic Overhang, Canadian Cooling, and the British Reckoning
From October 1988, four nations' property indices embarked on divergent paths through banking crises, recessions, and credit contraction, reshaping a decade.
Read the file →1988 · Stocks · AE
1988: Three Markets, One Lesson — The Volatility Hidden Inside Modest Returns
How 1988 mid-cap markets across the US, Gulf, and UK concealed severe turbulence inside modest end-results — eight replay scenarios from Apr 1988 to Apr 1989.
Read the file →1987 · Stocks · AE
1987-12 to 1988-09: After Black Monday — Three Markets, Three Recovery Paths
Markets found their footing after Black Monday in late 1987. Three indices, three recovery paths: US small-caps, Abu Dhabi volatility, and a cautious UK climb.
Read the file →1987 · Stocks · AE
1987 Global Equity Unwind: When Mid-Caps and Small-Caps Signaled Before Black Monday
Summer 1987 complacency gave way to cascading sell-offs across U.S. mid-caps, UAE equities, and UK small-caps before October's Black Monday shock arrived.
Read the file →1987 · Stocks · AE
1987: Three Markets, One Window — How Mid-Caps Divided While the World Looked Elsewhere
Spring and summer 1987: the FTSE 250 climbed 21.9% while the S&P 400 MidCap corrected and ADX roiled — three markets, one data window, different lessons.
Read the file →1987 · Property · CA
1987 October: Three Property Markets, One Shock, Divergent Fates
Three BIS national property replays launched from October 1987 — Finland ground down by banking crisis, the UK caught in recession, Canada absorbing the shock. Identical structures, opposite outcomes.
Read the file →1986 · Stocks · AE
1986 Mid-Cap Divergences: When Three Markets Stopped Speaking the Same Language
Three mid-cap indices fractured in 1986. Abu Dhabi shed nearly a quarter; UK and US mid-caps held—why that contrast still instructs.
Read the file →1985 · Stocks · AE
1985–86: Two Markets, Two Uptrends — Decision Points Across the Gulf and the Thames
The late-1985 to mid-1986 equity uptrend tested traders in the UAE and UK—different scales, same discipline challenge of entry timing and drawdown management.
Read the file →1985 · Property · CA
1985–1992: Four National Property Markets — Divergent Recovery, Hidden Crises
Four nations, one market type, vastly different trajectories: how aggregate data concealed regional crises and what that means for decision training.
Read the file →1985 · Property · FI
1985–1993: Nordic Property — From Exuberance to Contraction
Finland and UK property markets diverged sharply through the late 1980s boom and early 1990s recession, testing position sizing and drawdown management under extreme volatility.
Read the file →1984 · Property · CA
October 1984: Four National Property Markets Enter a Boom — and Diverge Sharply
Four national property indices launched October 1984; divergent trajectories followed through 1992. The lesson: same boom, radically different drawdown experiences.
Read the file →1978 · Property · FI
1978: Nordic-British Property Boom — Oil, Stagflation, and the Divergent Decade
In 1978, property markets across Norway, Finland, and the UK faced divergent fates: oil-fueled momentum, post-war prosperity, and stagflationary headwinds.
Read the file →1978 · Property · CA
October 1978: Three Property Markets, Three Fates — The BIS National Replay Cluster
Three national property replays launched in October 1978, each embedding six decision points across 30 monthly bars from the stagflation era into the 1980s growth cycle.
Read the file →1976 · Property · FI
1976–1983: Finland vs UK Property — Divergent Booms in Post-Crisis Recovery
Two property markets emerged from the 1970s energy crisis on opposite trajectories — Finland surged 117.9%, the UK barely rose 19.0%.
Read the file →1970 · Property · CA
1970s Property Boom: Four Nations, Four Risk Profiles — One Silent Warning
Four nations, one decade: Canada's 132.5% gain vs Norway's flat -1.0% taught investors entirely different lessons about volatility, drawdown, and the patience required to hold through a cycle.
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