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The seven stocks that have essentially been carrying the US equity market on their backs just got punched in the mouth. Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla, collectively known as the Magnificent Seven, lost roughly $2 trillion in market capitalization during the first two weeks of June 2026.
To put that number in perspective, $2 trillion is larger than the entire GDP of Italy. Gone in fourteen trading days.
The damage was not evenly distributed, but it was broadly felt. Microsoft and Amazon each shed more than $350 billion in value during the sell-off. The median decline across all seven stocks hit 9.7%, a brutal drawdown for companies of this size. Meanwhile, the remaining constituents of the S&P 500 posted a median gain of 0.3%.
The sell-off accounted for more than two-thirds of the total decline in the S&P 500 over the same period, according to Yahoo Finance analysis. That statistic alone tells you how absurdly concentrated the US stock market has become. When seven companies can drag an index of 500 stocks down by that magnitude, the word “diversified” starts to feel like a joke.
This is not the first time it has happened. Historical patterns show previous instances of multi-hundred-billion-dollar losses hitting this group throughout 2025 and into 2026.
The crypto market was notably absent from the conversation during this sell-off. No major correlation trade played out between tech equities and digital assets. The market dynamics were analyzed predominantly through the lens of equity performance, with no mention of any impact on cryptocurrency markets or associated digital assets.
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