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U.S. stock market loses $5 trillion in value in three weeks (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 2 days ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/economics@lemmy.world

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The U.S. stock market has lost over $5 trillion in value in three weeks as the S&P 500 fell 10% from its record high.

The decline, driven by concerns over Trump’s trade policies and slowing economic growth, has led to weaker consumer sentiment and cautious corporate outlooks.

Barclays strategist Emmanuel Cau noted rising uncertainty among investors.

The selloff has also hit AI-related stocks, with Nvidia down 17% and the Magnificent Seven ETF falling 16%.

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[–] Beacon@fedia.io 30 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Terrible time to buy. Economic things are very unstable right now and it's very possible that the market will go down much much further

[–] immutable@lemm.ee 30 points 2 days ago

It’s impossible to time the dip, for most people, for long term investments, best advice is to just execute dollar cost averaging.

Invest small amounts of money regularly and let it sit.

This is all predicated on the historical trend that, while the market fluctuates up and down over the short term, over the long term the economy grows and the market grows.

Buying in a down market on a long term investment is just capturing assets on sale. You wouldn’t normally avoid getting something at 10% off on the chance that it might be 30% off.

The only thing that should really send you away from the market for long term investing is if you think the system will collapse entirely or if you think this market is at the peak for between now and when you want to use that money.

[–] AarynBlack@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just need to buy the dip at the bottom. Who knows when that will be though.

[–] Beacon@fedia.io 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You shouldn't try to time the bottom, but you also shouldn't invest when the market has suddenly become erratic

[–] AarynBlack@lemm.ee 4 points 2 days ago

I agree, but if you have a few extra dollars, doesn't hurt to buy the dip, regardless of volitility, but I ONLY invest in the S&P 500. It's not going to gain anything sitting in a savings account.

[–] Pregnenolone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Also possible the market will go up