We all witnessed the sharp selloff in stocks in February 2018 and the slow recovery that took place in the following 7 months. October came around and knocked the wind out of investors with another strike to the gut. The financial headlines made us focus on the technology stocks which grew like mad over the past 5 years or so. With international trade favoring large multinational tech companies that can arbitrage labor and capital markets, these companies saw profits grow and their stocks were big winners.