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  • Sun. Dec 22nd, 2024

Coronavirus: World’s richest lose $444 billion after hellish week for markets

Coronavirus: World’s richest lose $444 billion after hellish week for markets

NEW YORK: Last week was an expensive one for most investors, even for billionaires.

The combined fortunes of the world’s 500 richest people fell by $444 billion as the coronavirus continued to spread — and spread fear — rattling equity markets worldwide. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 12%, the biggest five-day slide since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, in a rout that vaporised more than $6 trillion from global stocks.

The drubbing more than erased the $78 billion in gains that the 500

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