A retreat in technology stocks looked set to continue Tuesday as U.S. stock futures slid and investors awaited Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s testimony in Congress on the health of the economy., its longest losing streak since last February. Contracts for the Nasdaq-100 dropped 1.5%, suggesting technology stocks will continue to lead the market lower.
, including stocks. Shares in technology companies, which have powered the broader market higher for much of the past year, are seen as particularly vulnerable. That is because many tech companies’ valuations are tied to their future earnings potential. Those profits are less valuable in today’s terms when investors apply a higher discount rate.
The rise in bond yields “naturally does cause investors and cause markets to re-examine the view on equities,” said Paul Jackson, global head of asset allocation research at Invesco. Investing in government bonds is beginning to look more attractive for the first time in months, he said. But “the level at which bond yields become truly problematic for equities is a long way from where we are now,” Mr. Jackson added.
The US economy, the zombie state it’s currently shouldn’t get anybody surprised. The year 2020 was going to be a recession or a double dip recession . Now you invent something that it’s worth something even if it has no base nor physical aspect and VOILA . !!!
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