Comment on $1.8 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market yesterday, where did it go?

melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

It’s on paper. It never existed to begin with. Just like saying the rock in a ditch I found is worth 200 million dollars. Then, when I couldn’t sell it, I revalued it at only 100 million dollars. So, the extra 100 million didn’t go anywhere. “Value” is a truly subjective thing which is encompassed by the old phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure”.

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