s&p500 was still up by normal amounts during 2023 and 2024 if you exclude big tech. definitely they are an outsize portion of the index but that doesn't mean the rest of the economy isn't growing. https://www.inc.com/phil-rosen/stock-market-outlook-sp500-in...
The Magnificent Seven are the only thing propping up the whole US economy.
If they go down, you go down.