Nasdaq Tumbles Into Bear Market as Growth Concerns Mount
The world’s most famous collection of growth stocks just plunged into a bear market, the starkest illustration yet of the growing divide between investors and professional forecasters about the health of the U.S. economy.
The Nasdaq Composite Index tumbled 3 percent Friday, capping its worst week since the financial crisis. It’s now fallen 22 percent since its August record, a rout that zapped almost $3 trillion in market value. A rout in the FAANG cohort of Facebook, Apple, Amazon.com, Netflix and Alphabet wiped out $1 trillion alone. The Nasdaq 100 Index also closed in a bear market.