<p>The Dow, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq all sold off viciously yesterday, with the Nasdaq having its worst day since 2022. This brings overall stock market losses to $4 trillion since last month's highs.</p>
<p>Shares of the "Magnificent Seven," the companies largely responsible for the strong performance of the major stock indices over the past year – i.e. Nvidia, Tesla, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft – all fell sharply, with Tesla falling a whopping 15%.</p>
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<p>Silver – and especially gold – didn't budge during the recent carnage, though, proving their "mettle" as risk hedges with low correlation to other asset classes. In fact, they're both trading HIGHER today.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, retail bullion demand in the U.S. only picked up slightly during the recent stock market downturn, even as premiums on coins, bars, and rounds remain at multi-year lows.</p>
<p>It's been demand from <i><u>other</u></i> regions of the world (along with steady central bank buying) that have fueled gold's $1,000 rally over the past 18 months. (You read that right, $1,000!)</p>
<p>However, a deepening stock market correction and especially a bear market, should it unfold, may finally get U.S. investors off the dime to buy gold too.</p>
<p>The major stock indices are off to another bad start again today.</p>
<p>This is certainly not the time to be shy about carefully examining one's exposures…</p>
<p>…and potentially beefing up allocations to gold and silver.</p>
<p>Don't miss this <a href="https://www.moneymetals.com/news/2025/03/11/stefan-gleason-on-gold-silver-and-the-future-of-sound-money-003899">exclusive interview with Money Metals CEO Stefan Gleason</a> for his latest take on these fast-moving events – as well as nagging Fort Knox questions, secret gold flows, and sound money reforms.</p>
