US stock market has been under the rocks since the beginning of the year 2022, for a number of reasons including inflation, Fed action and the Ukraine war.
Here are two charts to get a quick look at the performances US stock market indices, Dow Jones, NASDAQ composite and S&P 500, during the first four months in 2022, from the beginning of the year to the end of April.
Performance of DOW Jones, NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 over time until April
Since the beginning of the year, all three major US Market index returns have been in the negative, i.e. if you had invested a Dollar in any of the three indices, the value at anytime this year has been less a dollar. NASDAQ composite has been hit the worst with its returns dropping below 20% two times.
Returns of DOW Jones, NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 in 2022 as of April
Here is how the performance of the US market indices at the end of April when compared to the beginning of the year. As we saw in the above chart, all three indices had negative return.
