What apocalypse, exactly? The stock market has eventually recovered from every "crash." Occasionally a big company crashes and never recovers, e.g., Lehman Brot

What apocalypse, exactly? The stock market has eventually recovered from every "crash." Occasionally a big company crashes and never recovers, e.g., Lehman Brothers, but I wouldn't expect that to happen to Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, or Oracle. I didn't say that stock price is totally irrelevant, but if you're investing for the long term, short-term fluctuations mostly shouldn't change your strategy. In any case, the headline is inaccurate. Unsold stock losing market value is not the same as stock sold off.