The Best and Worst 3D Printing Stocks in the First Half of 2022
Now that the first half of 2022 is in the rearview mirror, we're going to look at the performances of 3D printing stocks during this period.
For context, the first half of this year was the S&P 500 index's worst January-through-June period since 1970. It dropped 20.6%, or 20% if we include dividends. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite performed even worse, plunging 29.5%, or 29.2% including dividends.
The market's poor performance is largely due to pandemic-driven global supply chain bottlenecks occurring at the same time that consumer demand for many goods was rebounding strongly. These concurrent events ignited inflation, which the Federal Reserve is trying to control by aggressively raising interest rates.
Source Fool.com
