To Bank of America strategists including Michael Hartnett, a bubble is “simultaneously popping” in assets including cryptocurrencies, palladium, long-duration technology stocks, and other historically risky areas of the market. The winding down in speculative areas comes as investors brace for the U.S. Federal Reserve to pick up the pace of policy tightening.
“The reduction in liquidity from the Fed will cause both the equity risk premium and interest rates to rise, which will continue to disproportionately impact the riskiest assets in the market including momentum-driven investments in money-losing technology stocks, meme stocks, and particularly cryptocurrencies, which have no intrinsic value,” according to Jay Hatfield, portfolio manager at Infrastructure Capital Advisors.
The following events show the loss of speculation across various asset classes:
Ark Investment Management’s flagship Innovation ETF has fallen roughly 46% from its record high in February 2021. A Goldman Sachs Group Inc. basket of unprofitable tech stocks has tumbled after a years-long run-up while an index tracking SPACs is down 35% from its highs. The Nasdaq Biotech index, which includes companies like Amgen Inc. and Gilead Sciences Inc., lost 6.5% in the first week of the new year, its worst five-day stretch since mid-March of 2020. Many members of the gauge have yet to generate sales or profits and have been affected by the investor rotation from high-risk, high-reward stocks. the Invesco Solar ETF, ticker TAN, saw an outflow of more than $70 million Thursday, the biggest since March of last year. The fund, which in 2020 posted a more than 230% gain, has lost its luster in recent days, as the Fed turns more hawkish. Cryptocurrencies haven’t been spared from the speculative wash-out. Bitcoin had fallen about 40% as of late Friday after hitting a record high of nearly $69,000 in November. Ether, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market value, was down about 35% from its November highs. The weakness in technology and cryptocurrency is a double whammy for an exchange-traded fund that focuses on both of those industries: the Global X Fintech ETF. The fund- -- which holds both upstart technology firms including Affirm Holdings Inc. and crypto-related companies like Coinbase Global Inc. -- has dropped 30% since hitting a record in October. the Hang Sang Tech Index is down by roughly 50% from its highs in early 2021 as sweeping corporate regulations and fears of a housing bubble weigh on Chinese technology stocks. Commodities have deflated as well. After a multi-year rise that sent palladium to a record-high in May, the metal has slid about 35%. Which asset do you think has the biggest bubble?
option boss : normal volatility
Mrrichierich : There’s still a ton of undervalued underlyings don’t let them fool and skeer u out!!! Tech & Growth is growing exponentially IDGAF what they say I ain’t going NOWHERE!!!!
Alleyboi Mrrichierich : Haha. I like your conviction. I hope you are correct.
MarcAug007 : Risng interest rates gonna smack down housing...according to history.
Mrrichierich MarcAug007 : But help Banks!
Mrrichierich Alleyboi : I can play both up & downs whatevs lol but the viotility is what I want so small Caps the place to be!
yklw2303 : Crypto is a bubble? Please look at the whole chart since the beginning and compare it with Amazon since it’s IPO. They are similar…!
When the dot com bubble burst, everybody said that Amazon will one day collapse; look at it now! When Bitcoin had its first major correction 3 years ago, everybody said it’s a bubble. Look at where it is now! And now, another correction and you think it is a bubble? When will we learn from history?
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