Fundstrat’s Tom Lee: Tech selloff hints at liquidations


Tom Lee and Interactive Brokers’ Steve Sosnick discuss the Nasdaq tech slide and potential liquidations on Power Lunch.

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Tom Lee and Interactive Brokers chief strategist Steve Sosnick point to a sharp Nasdaq tech slide and suggest forced selling or margin liquidations may be amplifying the drop, a striking claim because it moves the story from ordinary profit-taking to a mechanically driven sell-off. The exchange between a sell-side research head and a broker strategist matters: brokers see where client positions sit, and when they flag liquidations it means trading desks are watching flows that can accelerate volatility beyond fundamentals. The clip frames the move as process-driven, not just sentiment-driven.