Luke Downey
By Luke DowneyJuly 4, 2022

These beaten-down sectors are ripe with opportunity in 2022

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The bear market has been brutal to many stocks. And many readers are asking where to invest their money now. 

So in this special Independence Day video, we’ll take a look at two heavily beaten-down sectors: discretionary and technology. 

The benchmark discretionary fund (XLY) and technology sector fund (XLK) are both down more than the S&P 500 this year… but there are potential long-term opportunities inside these groups for the patient investor.

In this video, I’ll walk you through numbers and ratios on Yahoo! Finance you can use to evaluate these opportunities.

In the discretionary space, we’ll take a look at two companies reaching attractive valuations. Both stocks have been under a lot of pressure after missing earnings, but when the macro environment turns more favorable, these shares could climb a lot higher.

In the technology space, we’ll look at a cash-rich household name worthy of attention… and one more strong candidate for long-term outperformance.

Luke Downey
Luke Downey is editor of Curzio's The Big Money Report, which recommends the best long-term growth stocks. Luke honed his strategy over many years at Wall Street institutional derivatives desks, and as co-founder of investment research firm Mapsignals. Luke is also an options instructor with Investopedia Academy.

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