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Here are 3 reasons why stocks are tanking

Stocks were pummeled on Friday with the Nasdaq slumping more than 4% to post its worst month since 2008. Why things have gotten so bad in Wall Street.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on April 28. Stocks sank on Friday, ending a miserable month for Wall Street.

Stocks sank on Friday, ending what has been a miserable month for markets, especially for Big Tech.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 1,000 points, while the S&P 500 lost more than 3%, with both indexes posting hefty losses for April.

But it was a lot worse for the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which sank more than 4% on Friday and ended down more than 10% for April, its worst month since 2008.

The deep declines reflect a time of deep uncertainty at

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