Blood pool: trillions of US dollars pulled out of the stock markets

There is uncertainty on global stock markets due to the announced mass tariffs in the United States. Investors sell their shares, which results in deep red numbers. The S&P 500 index, consisting of the 500 largest US companies, has given up by 4 percent since Thursday, and 12 percent since the beginning of the year.

Among other things, the uncertainty spills over to German Dax, which has released almost 5 percent since Thursday and is now around 20,600 points. After all: compared to the beginning of the year there is still an increase of 3.6 percent. In particular, local armaments such as Rheinmetall and energy companies are still strong in the monthly comparison.

US tech companies suffer the most

In the United States, tech companies in particular are currently poor, which previously benefited from the hype about artificial intelligence. Nvidia crashed by more than 7 percent within one day. The company has lost over a third of its value since the beginning of the year-at its climax it was worth almost $ 3.5 trillion, now it is still a good 2.3 trillion. Apple and Microsoft also fell under the 3-billion mark.

Palantir, Tesla and Intel are currently the largest losers with burglaries of almost 10 percent since the opening of the US exchanges. A wide range of value losses are added to several trillion US dollars.

Meanwhile, the US tariffs should only come into force on April 5, 2025. Most countries get a base custom of 10 percent. For individual countries, the United States provides tariffs of up to 50 percent. The EU countries end up at 20 percent.

If the US government is going through its projects, poor business figures can be expected in the coming months. This would also have further potential for course burglaries.