Below is a chart of the Bloomberg World index's change in market cap since the start of 2011. Stocks worldwide have a total market cap of roughly $37 trillion at the moment. As shown, this is down $3.1 trillion since the start of 2011 and down $4.1 trillion over the past two months. Since the start of May, the world has lost roughly $3 trillion in market cap.
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While the drop in stocks here in the US has been rough on investors, at least we're holding up better than pretty much everyone else. Below is a chart showing the percentage change in the S&P 500 and the Bloomberg World index since the start of 2011. As shown, the Bloomberg World index is down 7.57% since then, while the S&P 500 remains higher by 4.65%. It's important to note that the US makes up the largest portion of the Bloomberg World index, so that means that non-domestic stock markets have dropped even more than 7.57% over this time period. Up until last August, the S&P 500 and the Bloomberg World index were trading hand in hand, but since then, the US has significantly outperformed.
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