Wow...looks like market psychology is about to shift after this last collapse. I think this is a completely different market now that this drop has occurred meaning market sentiment and people who have been really enjoying this almost 11 long year bull market are finally going to be viewing this market differently. I know we have had drops like this before, but this past weeks selloff will be viewed very differently from past fallouts due to the size speed, no retiree or people close to retirement want to be in this market environment of uncertainty. The fed will do everything once again, but I think it will be short lived and that eventually a bear market and recession will ensue do to extreme fear. Everyone thinks the fed can continue to save the markets, but what if this time for the first time the fed losses and people lose complete faith in the system?
MARKETS
US stocks erase $3.18 trillion in value this week amid coronavirus tailspin
PUBLISHED FRI, FEB 28 20204:55 PM ESTUPDATED 4 HOURS AGO
Maggie Fitzgerald@MKMFITZGERALD
KEY POINTS
- The S&P 500 lost $203 billion in value on Friday, according to estimates from S&P Dow Jones Indices.
- Friday’s losses bring the weekly total for U.S. stocks to $3.18 trillion, the firm’s Senior Index Analyst Howard Silverblatt told CNBC.
- Stocks cratered again on Friday as investors fled riskier assets amid intense fears about a slowdown in global growth caused by the deadly coronavirus.