The US stock market’s volatile run in 2020 has left most corners of the equity market with deep losses or mostly flat results this year — with one glaring exception: technology. Year to date, the tech sector is enjoying a solid gain – a conspicuous outlier so far in 2020, based on a set of exchange traded funds.
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