Shesa's FEBRUARY 2022 Investment Blog
FEBRUARY 2022 - INVESTMENT BLOG By Shesa Nayak U.S. Stock Market Commentary It has not been a great start for the stock market in 2022. The first trading day of the year went positive but subsequently we have experienced wild swings in the stock market. Historically, the stock market goes up about 1.2% in the month of January, but we saw a major divergence this year. All the major indexes posted sharp losses for the month of January marked by brutal price swings. The DOW slid 3.3% for the month, S&P 500 and Nasdaq suffered their worst monthly declines since March 2020, falling 5.3% and 8.98% respectively. The S&P 500 recorded its biggest January decline since 2009 . We saw blood on the street as Nasdaq had come as low as 13,094 points marking a decline of 19.2 % (near bear market) from its all-time high on January 24. We saw some recoveries but again the downturn cont...