The plunge is so severe that some executives are comparing it with the dot-com bust in 2001, when hundreds of companies disappeared and Silicon Valley lost near

The plunge is so severe that some executives are comparing it with the dot-com bust in 2001, when hundreds of companies disappeared and Silicon Valley lost nearly one-fifth of its jobs. I had never heard that statistic before... Interesting. The article had my internal monologue going "ok, where would be better, what move could I make to avoid the fallout from this?" and it occurred to me that there's probably not going to be any industry that makes it out of this unscathed. I suppose it's a good reminder that as an individual you should invest in high risk things in good times but also have a sound strategy for minimizing your risks in the event of serious economic troubles. Maybe it's a lot easier to say that on a web forum than to practice it in real life, though.