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916 Which Piece of Speculative Fiction Had the Greatest Single-Day Stock Market Impact?

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msmash @ Slashdot · 02/26/2026 13:40 EDT

Which Piece of Speculative Fiction Had the Greatest Single-Day Stock Market Impact?

Speaking of the Citrini's blog post, which imagines a near-future AI-driven economic collapse, and which ended up help triggering the S&P 500's worst single-day drop in nearly two weeks on Monday, FT Alphaville decided to track how US stock markets have moved on the release days of notable dystopian speculative fiction throughout history. The story adds: You may contend that this is facile. We would agree. You might contend that the comparisons make no sense because it's possible to read a blog post during.

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