As of June 21, 2022, $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$The decline during the year reached 30%, a proper bear market.

Even the bad mood is getting worseIn the face of the current economic recession that the world is concerned about, Powell also made it clear that “this is of course a possibility.” It also emphasized that the Federal Reserve plans to continue raising interest rates until inflation starts to slide to 2%.
Even if a single interest rate hike of 100 basis points is used as a “cost.”
Under the cover of continued interest rate hikes this year, those leading Internet technology stocks that were still going strong last year have also declined unabated this year. presently $Apple (AAPL.US)$ $Microsoft (MSFT.US)$They all fell by more than 20%, while $Amazon (AMZN.US)$ $Tesla (TSLA.US)$Furthermore, it fell by more than 30%, and at one point it was close to 40%.
It is foreseeable that if interest rates continue to rise and recession comes, there is a possibility that the stock market trend will continue to decline.
In the face of ever-increasing volatility in the stock market, investors will face a huge crisis if they are still used to holding on to the bull market and not moving.
Unbeknownst to me, in a mature capital market such as Hong Kong and US stocks, Smart Money has already begun to make flexible use of various hedging tools to better cope with stock market fluctuations.
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