KR Historical Archive
Archive files covering KR: every file tells what happened and why it mattered, paired with playable scenarios built from authentic market data.
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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 →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 →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.
Read the file →1997 · Stocks · US
1997: MidCap Boom, Asian Contagion — Diverging Fate in One Calendar Year
US mid-caps surged 25% in calm waters while Jakarta and Seoul bled 40%. How the same year produced Bull and Crisis Replays across four markets.
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.
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