Nasdaq 100
The March Washout: Inside the Nasdaq 100’s 8% Correction and the End of the ‘AI Free Lunch’
The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has officially entered a period of turbulent repricing, closing out the first week of April 2026 with an 8.8% year-to-date decline. What began as a cautious cooling of record-high valuations in early 2026 accelerated into a full-scale "March Washout," erasing nearly $2 trillion