Tech billionaires lost $400 billion this year. Where does it go? Does anyone gain?
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Nobody gained anything and nobody really lost anything: the money was all theoretical so it never really existed. They owned x number of shares of a company which they could have sold for a certain price in 2021 if they wanted to. They would not be able to sell those shares at the same price now, so their “net worth” is lower. But it’s all moot, nobody was really going to sell all those shares and it would be a nightmare to even try.
TL:DR – it’s all stock market money which is made up anyways. Nobody ever had this money in their bank accounts.
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