Wild Charts Show Pain Points in S&P 500’s Worst Month Since 2022

Tech megacaps entered a correction, oil prices broke out, big-money funds retreated and small-lot investors showed waning conviction in buying the dip. While the war in Iran that triggered all that didn’t end a three-year bull run in US equities, it is shaking it to its core.

With one day to go in March, the S&P 500 Index is on track for the worst month and worst quarter since 2022. Technology stocks were hit particularly hard, owing to a double-whammy of geopolitical angst and worries over disruption from artificial intelligence that pushed the likes of Microsoft Corp. and Adobe Inc. down at least 25% this year.