Published on 30 Jun 2022 on Zacks via Yahoo Finance
It’s been a battlefield within the market year-to-date. Bears have seemingly pushed forward all year, forcing bulls to retreat. At every corner, they keep up their assault.
It’s been exhausting, to say the least. In a quick turn of events from previous years, tech stocks have tumbled, undoubtedly causing investors to feel the pain.
Supply chain and geopolitical issues have added fuel to the fire sale, but the spark was created earlier in the year whenever inflation had been reported to be at its highest levels in decades. Needing to act swiftly, the Fed opted to raise interest rates by levels not seen in years.