Why Volatility Is Good for the Markets | Palm Beach Research Group

When it comes to the recent market volatility, even the highest-flying companies are feeling the pain.

The kings of the tech world – also known as the FAANG stocks (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google’s parent company Alphabet) – are down about 34% year to date…

And things look even worse on an individual level:

Facebook (META) fell 33% in February… a loss of about $330 billion…
Apple (AAPL) is down 22% since January… a loss of $612 billion…
Netflix (NFLX) sunk 53% in April… a $92 billion loss…
And April marked the worst monthly returns for Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet (GOOGL) since 2008… both falling 24% and 18%, respectively.

And it’s not just stocks… crypto has also taken a beating, with bitcoin down 40% from its January high and the broader crypto market down about 46% year to date.

Even a safe-haven asset like gold is down 12% from its recent highs.

It just goes to show there’s virtually no corner of the market immune to the current bout of volatility.

But the thing is, that’s exactly what we need right now… Because as Daily editor Teeka Tiwari says, “Volatility clears out the clutter.”

It’s like a forest fire. They’re painful to go through. But they make the forest healthier in the long run by clearing out the underbrush.

Volatility clears out bad companies… making it easier to identify world-class assets with explosive growth potential when the market turns for the better.

At PBRG, our goal is to find those types of assets… so you can position yourself for long-term wealth when the market rebounds. And this past week, we showed you how.

Read on for more…