Yesterday billions of trades sold their shares at a loss which means they bought high and sold low. The money they lost can be added up to a trillion.2 dollars.

A relatively small 40 million trades were made while the value of the shares were going up.

Both Google and Apple are now at half of their all time high value.

The loss of money is real to the people who sold.

The people who did not sell but have a colection of shares in a money market account are now holding a less valued portfolio but can wait for value to someday return before cashing in.