Updated Jan. 21, 2022 5:11 pm ET

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Investors have repositioned their portfolios away from riskier assets to start the year. The prospect of higher rates has particularly hit highflying tech stocks and shares of unprofitable companies, shoving the Nasdaq into correction territory. Meanwhile, oil and yields on government bonds have climbed in 2022. 
Investors&rsquo largely expect that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates several times this year to combat inflation, which has weighed on stocks. Last week, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell called rapid inflation a &ldquo severe threat&rdquo to a full economic recovery. Data showed consumer prices soared to about a four-decade high in December. Even with the hikes, interest rates will remain near historic lows, which investors hope will buoy markets. 
&ldquo The Fed is saying &lsquo OK, zero interest rates don&rsquo t make sense here, so we&rsquo re going to move back toward something more reasonable,&rsquo &rdquo said Jonathan Golub, chief U.S. equity strategist and head of quantitative research at Credit Suisse. &ldquo They&rsquo re not really hikes, but signals that a big rate of change is coming.&rdquo
Mr. Golub remains optimistic about equity markets, citing a year-end target of 5200 for the S& P 500, about 5.3% higher than Wall Street strategists&rsquo average target.
All three major indexes fell Friday, ending a holiday shortened four-day trading week. The S& P 500 fell 84.79 points, or 1.9%, to 4397.94, while the Dow industrials lost 450 points, or 1.3%, to 34265.37.  The Nasdaq was off 385.1 points, or 2.7%, to 13768.92.
For the week, Nasdaq fell 7.55%, while the S& P 500 dropped 5.7% and the Dow lost 4.6%. Cryptocurrencies tumbled,  with  bitcoin falling 11% to $36,689.39, its lowest 5 p.m. ET level since July 25. Ether declined 15%.
&ldquo All risk premium assets&mdash crypto, high leverage, growth names&mdash are being impacted, and what&rsquo s working right now is the opposite of that, quality stocks,&rdquo said Jerry  Braakman, chief investment officer and president at First American Trust. He recommends that investors don&rsquo t buy the dip for tech stocks.
Aoifinn Devitt, chief investment officer at Moneta, said higher yields will normalize the valuations of some tech stocks and make economically sensitive sectors of the market, such as utilities and real estate, more attractive. &ldquo By no means are we getting to a yield that is making equity markets look unattractive,&rdquo said Ms. Devitt.
Within the S& P 500, only the consumer staples sector closed in the green, rising less than 0.1%. Clorox Co. added $2.60, or 1.5%, to $178.60, Colgate-Palmolive Co. gained $0.83, or 1%, to $83.67 and Procter & Gamble Co. advanced $0.62, or 0.4%, to $162.62.
Stay-at home stocks have come under pressure lately. Netflix shares plunged $110.75, or 22%, to $397.50 after the company said it expected a slowdown in subscriber growth. Peloton rose $2.84, or 12%, to $27.06, recouping some losses after the stock tumbled nearly 24% Thursday on reports that the connected-fitness company was halting production. Its chief executive pushed back against the claims. 
Ms. Devitt said it would be hard for companies like Netflix and Peloton to notch the same level of growth in 2022 as they did when the pandemic first started. Innovation will remain key for stay-at-home stocks if they want to trudge higher, she added.

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