The news of tech stocks tumbling and crypto declines has been hard to avoid.

This week has added to what has become a bad start to 2022 for many public tech companies. The decline—brought about by rising inflation and global tension—has affected the share prices of everything ranging from tech stalwarts like Microsoft and Google, to much younger, sexier names like Zoom, Tesla and Peloton. Thus far this year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is down about 5 percent and the Nasdaq Composite, a good indicator of tech prices, is down more than 12 percent. READ MORE