28/03/2026
$5 trillion wiped out of the U.S. stock market since the Iran war started.
Look at that heat map.
Everything is red. And not a little red.
NVDA down 13.67%. Apple down 8.36%. Google down 12.16%. Microsoft down 8.25%. Meta down 18.79%. Tesla down 12.67%.
These aren’t small companies having a bad day. These are the largest, most valuable companies on earth getting absolutely hammered simultaneously.
So what’s actually happening?
The Iran war is doing something to markets that wars don’t always do.
Instead of a quick shock followed by recovery, this conflict is creating sustained economic pressure through energy prices.
Oil is surging. Gas is approaching $4 a gallon nationally. Diesel is up over 50% year over year.
That inflation feeds into every business, every supply chain, every consumer budget in the country.
And when inflation goes up the Fed can’t cut rates.
When the Fed can’t cut rates borrowing gets more expensive. When borrowing gets more expensive growth slows. And when growth slows stocks fall.
That’s the chain of events playing out in real time right now.
Here’s what I want every investor reading this to hear.
This is uncomfortable. It’s supposed to be uncomfortable. Market downturns always feel different in real time than they look in hindsight.
But $5 trillion in paper losses is not $5 trillion gone forever unless you sell. The investors who panic and sell lock in those losses permanently.
The investors who stay the course historically recover and then some.
The worst investment decision you can make right now is an emotional one.
Stay the course. Keep investing. This too shall pass.
