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Roughly $11.1 trillion has been wiped away from the U.S. stock market since Jan. 17, the Friday before President Donald Trump took the oath of office and began his second term, according to data from Dow Jones Market Data.

Some $6.6 trillion of that figure was lost on Thursday and Friday alone — the largest two-day wipeout of shareholder value on record, Dow Jones data showed.

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[–] NovaOG@lemm.ee 6 points 57 minutes ago

We're entering Once in a Lifetime Recession #5. Buckle up folks. The feds up shits creek and has been since COVID, so no cash bailouts are coming anytime soon. This should be a fun one!

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, billionaires losing unrealized gains, what a shame

Let's flip the fuck out about it

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Or regular people all losing money they had invested

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (4 children)

Dude how many of the 49% of USA citizens who can't even handle a 1k USD emergency spend have stocks or options

How many of the 120 million people who have feared for years that they won't get to enjoy their social security have stocks or options

Because that's the regular people

Are you even reading yourself

[–] Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 minutes ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago)

Well over 49% of usa Americans make enough to save a thousand dollars . Many are just that bad at managing money. Part of why pensions are important over 401ks.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

401ks are invested. People losing their retirement funds. I personally don't have any because I had to use mine up last time I was between jobs for a year, but many innocent people who aren't rich and voted against Trump are being hurt as well.

[–] phar@lemmy.ml 1 points 26 minutes ago

Millions of people have 401k plans through their employers and have had them for years and are counting on them to live when they retire.

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 hour ago

Someones forgetting about 401ks

[–] Freshparsnip@lemm.ee 40 points 6 hours ago

Trump is golfing while a man he admits is innocent is in an El Salvador prison

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago

so the chainsaw worked!

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 5 points 4 hours ago

We’re sick of this winning!

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Gasp! However, zero sympathy for the MAGA voters losing their asses in the stock market.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I sincerely doubt a lot of them have retirement savings of any significance. There’s a reason Red States are a bigger draw on federal money than Blue States. But if there’s any consolation, once the food prices start hitting again they’ll take notice.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

My MAGA friends on Facebook are yelling about "buying opportunities".

Where is that buying money coming from? I got none myself.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 1 points 33 minutes ago

Just as well as this sure as hell isn't a buying opportunity, some indexes are only at 6 month lows. We've barely begun loses wise - 12% off all time highs on the S&P if I recall right, 50% is realistic in my mind

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Wow, $11 trillion is a lot. Really puts the $36 trillion sitting liquid in offshore tax havens into perspective (yet seems to be missing from every conversation about money.)

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 10 points 7 hours ago

The problem is that it is legal (in a gray legal sort of way), and the people in power only lose if they fix it. So we can only talk about it.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 36 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Go woke go broke? Seems like when you go conservative you get absolutely ripped.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

go fasch lose cash

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

I know your right in saying people vote like Trump was the conservative, but Harris was really the conservative. Trump was the populist autocratic. thinking the GOP is the conservative party is crazy to me. They haven't been in a long ass time. You want status quo and security for your money and livelyhood? Don't vote for the populist who has ''ideas'' about how the country should REALLY be ran.

That's how you get Pol Pot shutting down food imports because he wanted higher domestic food production, you know BEFORE they could make enough food to feed everyone without the imparts. All the other autocrat or populist that instantly rammed a country into the ground also had a cult that made them entirely delusional.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

That's how you get Pol Pot shutting down food imports because he wanted higher domestic food production, you know BEFORE they could make enough food to feed everyone without the imports.

This really is exactly what trump is doing. He’s slinging tariffs around like that will spur US industries (and as a petty attempt at being a strongman) and farming but giving those industries zero lead time, and on top of that, the tariffs he imposed are going to affect all of the materials and machinery those industries would need to ramp up their production. And on true insulated tyrant fashion he just makes a declaration and then it’s everyone else’s problem to deal with.

Dude’s a fucking idiot.

[–] Trilobite@lemm.ee 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Come on now a couple billionaires are going to make tons of money

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Which billionaire is making money? Look at the stock market and look how much these big companies lost.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 17 points 10 hours ago

It was projection once again. It turns out being anti-woke is indeed the path to poverty

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