How Stock Market Crashes Happen

The stock market is one of the best ways to build wealth and grow your money; however, over its history there have been stock market crashes. There are situations that cause the "market" to behave in a certain way and this behavior leads to emotions that then cause things to spin that much more out of control. How actually does a stock market crash play out? No matter what the original cause, from that point forward all crashes happen for the same reason.