On Jan. 27, Nvidia ( NVDA -2.84%) fell 17%, erasing over $590 billion from its market cap. It marked the greatest single-day market-cap destruction for a company in U.S. stock market history. While the growth stock recovered nearly half of those losses the following day, there are still lessons to be learned from this historic market event.

Nvidia’s (NVDA) stock price is down at the time of writing as the chipmaker extends last week’s declines. This downturn was triggered by