Lessons from the past: 1987 sharemarket crash and the GFC

By Daryl Dixon
Updated November 10 2017 - 9:43am, first published October 24 2017 - 12:55am

Thirty years after the 1987 sharemarket crash, and 10 years since the global financial crisis savaged world economies, presents a timely opportunity to review lessons from the past. As substantial as both market collapses were, the reassuring fact is that share and financial markets recovered relatively quickly both times.