
But all, for one reason or another, are well positioned to benefit from a recovery in the second half of the year.Ī ( AMZN, $106.22) made news this year by undergoing a 20-for-1 stock split. Some of these will be familiar household names, but others will likely be new to you. Today, let's take a look at 15 of the best stocks to buy for the second half of 2022. And some of our favorite income plays are sporting their highest yields in years." "Some of our favorite growth names, particularly in technology, are trading at prices we never expected to see again.

"We're seeing incredible opportunity here," says Sonia Joao, chief operating officer of Robertson Wealth Management. Given those conditions, a bear market was inevitable."īut as we look to the second half of the year, have those conditions changed? And might there be some value in the wreckage? And we had inflation bubbling up, guaranteeing that the Federal Reserve would have to tighten monetary policy. We had new tech companies with shaky business models supported by cheap money. We had a new generation of traders in the game who have never seen a bear market and thus had no understanding of the risk they were taking. "When we entered the year, stocks were expensive. indices crossed into official bear market territory in the first half of 2022.Īs for the reasons? "Pick one!" says John Del Vecchio, co-manager of the $140 million AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF ( HDGE), an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) specializing in short selling.

The optimism following strong returns in 20 has given way to bear market angst. And that means, as investors look to retool their portfolios with the best stocks for the rest of 2022, they'll have to take a somewhat different tack than they did at the start of the year. We're near the midway point of 2022, and this year is shaping up to be a lot different than most investors had expected.
