Inflation, central bank policy tightening and Covid-19 infection rates continue to threaten the bull run for stocks, but analysts largely do not foresee a serious correction in 2022. Last week saw U.S. equities endure their second-worst start to a year since the Lehman Brothers collapse, driven by further hawkishness from the Federal Reserve and a sell-off for highly valued U.S. tech stocks. The trend continued on Monday, as global stocks slid into the red once again. A key source of the hawkish surprise offered by the Federal Open Market Committee’s latest meeting minutes was policymakers’ desire to tighten its ... (full story)