Market Stress & Crisis Simulator
A portfolio stress-testing engine for analyzing drawdowns, recovery speed, and risk-adjusted performance across historical market crises — not for optimizing returns.
Selected: 2008 Global Financial CrisisNo Results Yet
Recovery Window:
(Used for recovery metrics, not the displayed crisis dates.)
Crisis Window
Crisis Brief
2008 Global Financial Crisis
2007-10-012009-03-31

A credit-driven housing boom unwound into a banking crisis. Losses in mortgage-related products spread through the system, freezing credit and driving a global recession.

Main Drivers
  • Housing Bubble + Rising Mortgage Defaults
  • High Leverage + Complex Structured Products
  • Credit Markets Froze As Trust Collapsed
  • Forced Deleveraging And Broad Risk Selloff
Key Dates
  • 2008-09-15 Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
  • 2008-10-03 TARP Passed In The U.S.
  • 2009-03-09 Major Equity Market Low
Typical Winners / Hedges
Long TreasuriesGoldCash / Short Duration
Tickers
SPYQQQIWMEFAEEMTLTIEFGLD
Weights
SPY1.0
QQQ1.0
IWM1.0
EFA1.0
EEM1.0
TLT1.0
IEF1.0
GLD1.0
Rebalance Frequency
Total Return (%)Cumulative portfolio return over the selected crisis window.
Maximum Drawdown (%)Largest peak-to-trough decline in portfolio value during the crisis.
Time to Recovery (Days)Number of days required for the portfolio to recover its prior peak. If not reached, shown as 'Not recovered'.
Annualized Volatility (%)Annualized standard deviation of daily portfolio returns, measuring risk.
Sharpe Ratio (Risk-Free = 0%)Risk-adjusted return calculated as excess return divided by volatility, assuming a 0% risk-free rate.
Annualized Return (%)Compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of the portfolio over the crisis window.
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Normalized Weights (Auto In Simulator)
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