
More than $7 trillion has been wiped out from the stock market this year
CNN
Somebody cue the stock market's park ranger: Bears are having a picnic on Wall Street this year.
The meltdown of 2022 has wiped out more than $7 trillion in market value from the blue chip stocks in the S&P 500. The index is down nearly 19% since the end of December. The Dow, which fell about 450 points Thursday, is down almost 14% as well.
Tech stocks have been hit particularly hard. The Nasdaq has plunged more than 28.5% this year, putting it deep into bear market territory. Nearly $3 trillion of the S&P 500's market cap drop is from the tech sector.

One year ago this week, Joe Biden was president. I was in Doha, Qatar, negotiating with Israel and Hamas to finalize a ceasefire and hostage release deal. The incoming Trump team worked closely with us, a rare display of nonpartisanship to free hostages and end a war. It feels like a decade ago. A lot can happen in a year, as 2025 has shown.

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