Equities, cryptos, metals: Most asset classes gave negative return in 2022

These negative returns have largely been triggered by panic selling by new investors who exited in droves in the backdrop of rising interest rates, inflation worries and the geopolitical tensions

The risk-off sentiment has not spared any asset class thus far in 2022 and the pain is not restricted just to equities. Investors across most asset classes – equities, crypto currency (cryptos) and metals, including precious metals such as gold and silver – have seen a negative return on their investment thus far in 2022, shows data.

These negative returns, according to G Chokkalingam, founder and chief investment officer at Equinomics Research, have largely been triggered by panic selling across asset classes by new