01-31-2022, 02:31 PM
How bad was investing in January of 2022 compared to March of 2020, *really*?
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have seen this article, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/30/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html">here</a>, which says "Stock futures were lower in early morning trading on Monday as investors braced for the final trading day in what could be the worst month for the S&P 500 since March 2020.", adding January has turned out to be a dismal month for stocks. The S&P 500 is headed for its worst month since the pandemic-spurred market turmoil in March 2020 as investors worry about inflation, supply chain issues and the upcoming rate hikes from the Federal Reserve." </p> <p>The article makes it seem like March of 2020 was an absolutely horrid month for investing, using words such as "turmoil" to describe the March situation (which, yeah, it was), and thus comparing January of 2022 to it by describing it as "dismal" and "heading for its worst month since March 2020.", which I feel like is just a slight exaggeration </p> <p>Now, I don't recall March of 2020 feeling the same as this month. maybe my risk tolerance is just simply nonexistent or something but I just don't think this month has been that bad? how bad was March 2020 compared to this month? I remember my friends seeing that one day this month when the market was down 4% in the afternoon and they were calling it an "an absolutely brutal, horrible meltdown that will not stop", and then it just suddenly flipped to positive that day. I think that was the lowest it's been in the month? was March 2020 worse, or comparable to this month? how much percent did March drop compared to this month?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Saddened_Umbreon"> /u/Saddened_Umbreon </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/sh098t/how_bad_was_investing_in_january_of_2022_compared/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/sh098t/how_bad_was_investing_in_january_of_2022_compared/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have seen this article, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/30/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html">here</a>, which says "Stock futures were lower in early morning trading on Monday as investors braced for the final trading day in what could be the worst month for the S&P 500 since March 2020.", adding January has turned out to be a dismal month for stocks. The S&P 500 is headed for its worst month since the pandemic-spurred market turmoil in March 2020 as investors worry about inflation, supply chain issues and the upcoming rate hikes from the Federal Reserve." </p> <p>The article makes it seem like March of 2020 was an absolutely horrid month for investing, using words such as "turmoil" to describe the March situation (which, yeah, it was), and thus comparing January of 2022 to it by describing it as "dismal" and "heading for its worst month since March 2020.", which I feel like is just a slight exaggeration </p> <p>Now, I don't recall March of 2020 feeling the same as this month. maybe my risk tolerance is just simply nonexistent or something but I just don't think this month has been that bad? how bad was March 2020 compared to this month? I remember my friends seeing that one day this month when the market was down 4% in the afternoon and they were calling it an "an absolutely brutal, horrible meltdown that will not stop", and then it just suddenly flipped to positive that day. I think that was the lowest it's been in the month? was March 2020 worse, or comparable to this month? how much percent did March drop compared to this month?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Saddened_Umbreon"> /u/Saddened_Umbreon </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/sh098t/how_bad_was_investing_in_january_of_2022_compared/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/sh098t/how_bad_was_investing_in_january_of_2022_compared/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R