IE Historical Archive
Archive files covering IE: every file tells what happened and why it mattered, paired with playable scenarios built from authentic market data.
10 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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →1998 · Stocks · US
1998: When Global Markets Caught Russia's Contagion
In the summer of 1998, Russia's sovereign default cascaded into a global liquidity crisis, hammering equity markets from Jakarta to Toronto and nearly toppling Long-Term Capital Management.
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