Note: I want to let you know this sponsored article is a collaboration with Tiger Brokers. Whatever I write here is my own views and opinions, based on my research. It’s over two years since COVID hit. And just buying the S&P 500 index would have gained 66% over the last two years since the COVID crash in March 2020. Not too bad. But year to date, the US stock market is returning all that gains:

• S&P 500 is down 16.7%
• NASDAQ is down 26.5%

What an absolute slaughter. What’s more, I’m reading scary macro headlines almost every other day… it’s scary. You’ve inflation hitting all time high… Credit: CNBC Then, behind the scenes, you got the Fed raising interest rates (updated: Fed pushed rates by 0.5% — biggest hike in 20 years). Credit: The New York Times Finally, you’ve the ongoing war in Ukraine. It seems like the bad news never ends....