Late in June, the web was absolutely smothered with stories about how July was the best month of the year for stocks. That turned out to be true for, let’s say, the Dow Industrials, but the tech world definitely stumbled. July was DOWN for the NASDAQ Composite:
July was DOWN for the NASDAQ 100:
July was DOWN for the Semiconductor Index.
What was definitively up, though? Volatility! And a good thing, too