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points by dcrazy 3 days ago | 0 comments
+4% YoY and -4% in a day are vastly different in timescale.
[–] nothercastle 3 days ago
And at 4% suddenly not keeping up with inflation or treasuries
[–] Tadpole9181 3 days ago
Intel lost 50% of its value in a week. But it's up 50% from last year.

Anyone paying attention knows the market is in a weird place, and large swings today are the small swings of the past. It's hardly a "plummet" when the amortized line for the past month, including today, is mostly a linear decline.

We've had a couple of single-day 4% drops over the past few months too. Oh no, the market is the lowest it's been in... 3 months!? This is the largest decline we've seen in... 4 months!?

Could it be a market correction? Could it be a full-on collapse? Sure.

But is a single 4% drop worth a headline "plummeting into correction territory"? Not really.

[–] kgwgk 3 days ago
> Could it be a market correction?

That term has a very specific meaning in that context.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_correction

[ For the record, the link I originally included: https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-5... ]

[–] Tadpole9181 3 days ago
JSYK, that's a paywalled link.
[–] overfeed 2 days ago
Ironic, how some people act like they don't understand gradients when it comes to AI-related share prices.