The wave of risk aversion has caused stock indices to plummet: Nasdaq fell more than 2%

BanklessAtHeart · 2026-02-13T20:08:44+00:00

Mass risk aversion among investors has led to a sharp decline in American stock indices, with the Nasdaq Composite dropping over 2% and the S&P 500 and Dow Jones falling as well. This trend reflects a growing preference for safer assets in an unstable economic environment.

BanklessAtHeart

2026-02-13 20:08:44

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Massive risk avoidance among investors triggered a sharp decline in U.S. stock indices. According to NS3.AI data, the Nasdaq Composite plummeted more than 2% during intraday trading, while the S&P 500 decreased by 1.43% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 0.95%.

This synchronized market weakness reflects an increasing wave of risk aversion sweeping through portfolio managers and individual traders. Investors, navigating an unstable economic environment, prefer to reallocate assets into safer investments, putting downward pressure on stocks. The growing consensus of risk aversion in the market signals that participants are reassessing the current macroeconomic challenges.

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