“Tech giants lost more than $1 trillion in value in the last three trading days”
May 10, 2022
“The world’s largest technology companies have shed over $1 trillion in value in just three trading sessions.
Stocks at large have sold off since the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but technology has endured more pain than other sectors of the economy.
Investors now have less interest in what drove business during a strong bull market in recent years, including during the pandemic, and are now pushing more money toward safer pockets of the market, including staples like Campbell Soup, General Mills and J.M. Smucker…
Here are the other big losses over the last three trading days:
- Microsoft has lost around $189 billion in value.
- Tesla’s markdown registers at $199 billion, months after seeing its valuation fall below $1 trillion.
- Amazon’s market capitalization has declined by $173 billion.
- Alphabet, Google’s umbrella company, is worth $123 billion less than it was last week.
- Graphics card maker Nvidia’s loss stands at $85 billion.
- And Facebook parent Meta Platforms has lost $70 billion in value.”