Our Stocks are Down $2.1 Trillion Dollars This Year - Where Did it Go?

Question

As wealth is neither created nor destroyed, but redistributed, where did the $2.1 Trillion dollars go? It wasn't carried out behind the building and burned, was it?

Answer 1

It has moved into cash or other investment vehicles.

Answer 2

it is scared capital looking for a home. some has gone into safe money market accounts, some into cash, some into precious metals. mining, commodity and tangible asset stocks are on the rise. paper assets are being exited across the board as we speak.  the herd's money, as you have correctly said, is being transferred to those who understand how the system works.

Answer 3

Duh ? Haven't you noticed how cleaned and pressed the Saudi sheiks are looking these days. Those snappy, bright " whites" need constant attention. Thanks to YOU it's been taken care of....( and me )

Answer 4

Nobody asks such questions when stocks are up. What about the bubble created under Bill Clinton's administration. Just like him, it was all smoke and mirrors.

Answer 5

Who told you that Wealth is neither Created or Destroyed? They don't know what they are talking about.

When a Market Correction occurs, what is really happening is the Money is simply going back to the people who should have had it in the first place.

The $2.1 Trillion dollars is lost due to future expectations of the Market. We have a triple whammy right now. 1. End of a Decade, 2. New President (presumably a party change), and 3. A war Going on.

All three of these issue cause uncertainty. When people are uncertain they tend to "Circle the Wagons" so to speak. This negative outlook translates into lower profits, lower sales, etc.