When Stocks fell around 500 on 2/26/07 how much do us investors lose?

Answer 1

The Dow was down 3.3%, NASDAQ down 3.9%

I lost about 5%.

Answer 2

500 points would work out to be about 3.95% of the Dow's close the day before the drop (the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ had similar drops). Of course exactly how much you lost depended on exactly how you invested your money (if you were a short seller or owned a lot of puts you'd have actually made a lot of money.) And the market did rebound from its low point--apparently the Chinese stock crash that caused the drop was spawned by a rumor that the Chinese government would impose a capital gains tax, which turned out to have been just that-- a rumor.

Answer 3

If the investor did not sell and the company has not gone out of business the answer is: "0" - zilch - nada - nothing. This is the same as bankruptcy (How do you get $200,000 a year now that you have filed bankruptcy). Many people think they know what happens when they hear the NEWS.

There is far more happening than what is reported. I think we all need to learn a lot more than what we know.

Answer 4

Just over 5 billion dollars was lost on Dow Stocks that day (well not really lost. 5 billion dollars for those that bought and sold yesterday changed hands.)
The stock market is a zero sum game.

Some people short stocks and some go long. The shorts really made a fortune yesterday.

Answer 5

Since I didn't sell anything, I lost nothing. It's all paper profit/loss anyway. In fact, I was a buyer!

Answer 6

if you didnt sell you lost nothing
a book loss
but stock go down and then go back up
its a long tem game

Answer 7

I lost about 4% but got some of it back today.