Last Year's Nightmare Is Becoming a Tech Investor's Dream

The Nasdaq is up 21% so far in 2023. Despite last year's carnage, history shows that's exactly what we should expect – and the second half of the year could lead to even bigger gains... [Stansberry Research Logo] Delivering World-Class Financial Research Since 1999 [DailyWealth] Last Year's Nightmare Is Becoming a Tech Investor's Dream By Brett Eversole --------------------------------------------------------------- The giants were toppling like dominoes. And they crashed with an audible "thud"... Netflix fell 76% from its 2021 peak to its 2022 low... Microsoft dropped 38%... Amazon slid by more than 50%... and even Alphabet fell 44%. We saw massive drawdowns in the biggest tech names last year – one after another. And the Nasdaq Composite Index as a whole fell 36%. The beating was far worse than what we saw in the overall stock market. In fact, 2022 was one of the worst years in decades for the sector. It was so bad that most people expected tech investments to plummet even more. But those folks have been disappointed... The Nasdaq is up 21% so far in 2023. It turns out, that's exactly what we should expect after studying history. And the second half of the year could lead to even bigger gains. Let me explain... --------------------------------------------------------------- Recommended Links: [UNTIL MIDNIGHT: The Biggest Wall Street Event of the Year]( The world-renowned professor who called the 2008 and 2020 crashes months in advance says what's coming will impact 20 times MORE money than the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank COMBINED. He's also giving away the name and ticker of a popular stock he believes could go BANKRUPT this summer. Don't wait – this offer expires tonight. 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But history shows that's not the case. In fact, it's a much better idea to buy after a terrible year in tech stocks... instead of waiting for the clouds to disappear. To see it, let's take a closer look at the Nasdaq. This index launched in 1971. That gives us roughly 50 years of data to sift through. As you can see in the table below, the index tends to rally after an extremely bad year. And it's rare to see two consecutive losing years in a row... The Nasdaq has suffered a losing year 13 times since 1971. But it was up the next year 10 of those 13 times. That's a 77% win rate after a down year. Check it out... The individual results were impressive, too. Among the winning outcomes, the average gain was 33.7%... And in two cases, the Nasdaq returned 50% or more in a year. That's incredible. Now, this indicator isn't perfect. Three of the initial down periods – once in 1973 and twice the early 2000s – led to more losses in the following year. But those were exceptions... The overall data is in favor of those who are bullish. This tells us that last year's crash is probably over. And we're already seeing that bullish pattern take hold this year... The Nasdaq is up 21% year to date. We should draw two conclusions here... First, the bottom is almost certainly in for tech stocks. The rally has been too strong and has lasted too long for a reversal to be likely. Second, while the 2023 gain has been big so far... it could be much higher by the end of the year. We're still well below the average gain of 33.7% that we saw among winning years in cases like these. And another knockout year of 50%-plus gains is entirely possible, given the strength in the Nasdaq. The current rally surprised almost everyone. It would be easy to assume that you missed the biggest gains. But history disagrees. This is likely only the beginning... And that means you want to own stocks – specifically tech stocks – right now. Good investing, Brett Eversole Further Reading "Some folks want you to believe that tech may never be the same," Marc Chaikin writes. The narrative has soured after last year, and investors are still avoiding these stocks at all costs. But that could be a huge mistake – because tech is steadily regaining its strength... [Learn more here](. "Many of the biggest names in the tech sector have gotten more efficient," Marc explains. These companies are bucking analysts' expectations in a difficult market. And we can see this playing out right now with two specific tech leaders... [Read more here](. Market Notes HIGHS AND LOWS NEW HIGHS OF NOTE LAST WEEK Eli Lilly (LLY)... pharmaceuticals Mastercard (MA)... credit cards Nvidia (NVDA)... graphics processing units Broadcom (AVGO)... semiconductors Oracle (ORCL)... database and cloud services Salesforce (CRM)... customer-management software Microsoft (MSFT)... tech giant Meta Platforms (META)... social media giant Uber Technologies (UBER)... ride-hailing giant Sony (SONY)... gadgets and entertainment Motorola Solutions (MSI)... telecom Darden Restaurants (DRI)... Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse Texas Roadhouse (TXRH)... restaurants General Electric (GE)... manufacturing Honda Motor (HMC)... automaker Copart (CPRT)... "junkyard giant" D.R. Horton (DHI)... homebuilder PulteGroup (PHM)... homebuilder Martin Marietta Materials (MLM)... building materials NEW LOWS OF NOTE LAST WEEK H&R Block (HRB)... tax-prep company PayPal (PYPL)... mobile payments Crown Castle (CCI)... communications REIT Pfizer (PFE)... pharmaceutical giant Danaher (DHR)... science, health, and tech 3M (MMM)... manufacturing Levi Strauss (LEVI)... jeans --------------------------------------------------------------- [Tell us what you think of this content]( [We value our subscribers' feedback. To help us improve your experience, we'd like to ask you a couple brief questions.]( [Click here to rate this e-mail]( You have received this e-mail as part of your subscription to DailyWealth. If you no longer want to receive e-mails from DailyWealth [click here](. Published by Stansberry Research. You're receiving this e-mail at {EMAIL}. Stansberry Research welcomes comments or suggestions at feedback@stansberryresearch.com. This address is for feedback only. 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