Tech stocks tumble, Magnificent 7 loses about $1 trillion
The stock market declining as investors panic at the prospect of even mild forms of accountability really isn’t saying great things about the role of finance in our society. “A few laws might get enforced now” really shouldn’t spark an investor panic, and the fact that it does, regularly, is bad.
Maybe American investors are just addicted to boom-bust cycles, each one thinking they are the exception who survive and will tank everyone else at the chance. That seems more like disregulated gambling and less like a sober, rational market harnessing the wisdom of crowds to maximize prosperity 🙄
I think indexing this on a fear of actual regulation is kinda - oversimplifying (and potentially playing into an Dems=Anti-tech narrative). I mean, fact is that there was a big rally after this absolutely amazing Democratic takeover! I think it might just be the AI bubble continue its deflation.
“regularly” being the key word. And “bad”.