The Nasdaq Composite is down big to start 2025. Through the first three months, it fell by more than 10%. Its losses continue to pile up as investors sell over concerns that a recession is coming this year as the result of tariffs and trade wars potentially crippling businesses across the globe.
Just how bad of a start is this for the Nasdaq? And what should investors do amid this free fall? Let’s take a closer look at what this all means.
The Nasdaq rarely gets this worrisome
Over the first three months of 2025, the Nasdaq declined by 10.4%. That would be a bad performance for an entire year, let alone just a single quarter. A look back at how the Nasdaq performed going back 25 years, and there were only three other times where it got off to such a poor start:
- 2020: It was down more than 14% due to the pandemic.
- 2008: It fell by 14% amid the Great Recession.
- 2001: It declined by 26% as a result of…
