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Wait. The stock market lost how much?

Wait. The stock market lost how much?

The markets tumbled after this week's tariff announcement. Why it matters. And how much.

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John L. Micek
Apr 05, 2025
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Some numbers, to paraphrase the late, great Douglas Adams, are just incomprehensibly large. Like, you can’t believe how big.

Take, for instance, $11 trillion. If you had that much cash burning a hole in your (very, very, very, very deep) pocket, you could:

  • Purchase multiple companies that have reached the $1 trillion market capitaliza…

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