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A variety of consumer discretionary and communications stocks lost ground on Monday, with companies providing streaming and related services standing out as investors seemed to accept that there is no reason to expect the Federal Reserve to slow its efforts to cool the economy and fight inflation.
Shares of Warner Brothers Discovery Inc.
WBD,
-7.43%
tumbled 7%, while Netflix Inc.
NFLX,
-6.06%
fell 6%. Paramount Global
PARA,
-5.17%
and Dish Network Corp.
DISH,
-5.06%
each declined 5%.
The day’s 20 worst-performing large-cap stocks are listed below; the table shows these streamers have plunged 42% to 68% during 2022.
U.S. stocks had their worst day since June, as investors seemed to shift back to worrying about a continuing cycle of interest-rate increases and balance-sheet reductions by the Fed possibly leading to a recession. The better-than expected July inflation report (mainly reflecting a decline in gasoline prices) had led to a flurry of speculation that the Fed might be able to take a slower approach.
“That changed last week when several Fed representatives took a tough (or hawkish) stance and indicated there wouldn’t be a change to the trajectory of higher rates, which could weigh on economic prospects. Now everyone is confused,” Lindsey Bell, Ally Financial’s chief money and markets strategist wrote in an email.
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This may be an especially topsy-turvy week as investors look ahead to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments on monetary policy at central-bankers’ annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Powell will speak at 10 a.m. ET on Friday.
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Worst 20 large-cap stocks on Aug. 22
Together the S&P 500
SPX,
-2.14%
and the Nasdaq-100 Index
NDX,
-2.66%
include 518 stocks and 95% of these declined on Aug. 22, with 40% down 3% or more for the trading session.
Here are the day’s 20 worst-performing U.S. large-cap stocks:
Company
Ticker
Price change – Aug. 22
Price change – 2022
Decline from 52-week intraday high
Date of 52-week intraday high
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series A
-7.4%
-46.0%
-59.7%
01/18/2022
Aptiv PLC
-7.4%
-41.7%
-46.8%
11/04/2021
CarMax Inc.
-6.7%
-31.0%
-42.4%
11/08/2021
Netflix Inc.
-6.1%
-62.4%
-67.7%
11/17/2021
BorgWarner Inc.
-5.8%
-18.6%
-26.8%
01/13/2022
Generac Holdings Inc.
-5.7%
-31.4%
-53.9%
11/02/2021
Bath & Body Works Inc.
-5.6%
-47.7%
-55.5%
11/18/2021
Booking Holdings Inc.
-5.5%
-17.8%
-27.4%
02/16/2022
V.F. Corp.
-5.3%
-41.1%
-45.3%
11/16/2021
Match Group Inc.
-5.3%
-55.7%
-67.8%
10/21/2021
Paramount Global Class B
-5.2%
-18.6%
-41.8%
09/07/2021
PVH Corp.
-5.2%
-40.0%
-49.0%
11/05/2021
ON Semiconductor Corp.
-5.1%
1.3%
-8.6%
08/18/2022
Align Technology Inc.
-5.1%
-61.0%
-65.3%
09/23/2021
Dish Network Corp. Class A
-5.1%
-46.2%
-62.3%
10/04/2021
Ford Motor Co.
-5.0%
-27.4%
-41.7%
01/13/2022
Wynn Resorts Ltd.
-5.0%
-28.9%
-43.7%
09/08/2021
Vornado Realty Trust
-4.9%
-34.4%
-41.9%
03/11/2022
Carnival Corp.
-4.9%
-53.3%
-65.7%
09/27/2021
DXC Technology Co.
-4.8%
-23.3%
-37.7%
02/09/2022
Source: FactSet
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