2002 Archive Volume
Four national property indices embarked on divergent 2000s trajectories from January 2002, each telling a different story about returns, drawdowns, and volatility discipline.
5 files in this volume
The year in numbers
- 159
- Replayable scenarios
This year's files
- 01November 14, 2002: Copper Leads a Base Metals Recovery as Commodities Enter a New Cycle
Copper opened at 0.71 on November 14, 2002, kicking off a six-month metals recovery that tested every trader's discipline with drawdowns of 11–16%.
Read the file → - 022002-01: 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 → - 03Late 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 → - 042002–2004: The Smooth Ascent — US Housing's Quietest Boom and Its Invisible Traps
In early 2004, the Fed began raising rates after two years of uninterrupted monthly gains across 13 US and Chinese markets — zero drawdowns masked growing vulnerabilities.
Read the file → - 05August 2002 – January 2005: The Zero-Drawdown Housing Rally That Rewrote Market Assumptions
Eleven US housing markets climbed 28–59% over 30 months without a single monthly drawdown — a record that rewrote assumptions about real estate risk.
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