The craziest statistic you might read today

The S&P500 index fell by only 4% from its peak, but most of its stocks plunged by tens of percent.

By the SpyStocks desk · 9mo ago · 1 min read

The craziest statistic you might read today

Just rub your eyes at this statistic

Note:

The S&P500 index fell about 4 percent from its peak

But 50 percent of stocks fell more than 15 percent from their peak

38% of stocks? Fell more than 20% from their peak

This index has not been diversified for a long time

Investing in 500 companies...?

Think again

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