The worst may still be yet to come for stocks – even after leading exchanges suffered their worst day of the year as anxiety mounts that the Federal Reserve’s plan to combat inflation will result i…
The Nasdaq index is down more than 22% so far this year as investors shed their exposure to riskier growth stocks that powered the markets’ blockbuster performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nasdaq lost more than 5% of its value on Thursday, marking its worst day in nearly two years.
The market’s downturn erased a “relief rally” that occurred earlier this week after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the– and marked a 2,000-point, two-day swing for the Dow. “‘Recession shock’ was priced-in too quickly; this is a problem as stronger-than-expected economic data in the first half is causing the market to price-in longer/bigger inflation/rates shock,” the analysts said.So far, the risk of an economic slowdown hasn’t impacted a historically strong US labor market.
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