since back in 2020 and it s a broad-based sell-off every sector lower right now in the s&p 500 which is down about 4% the hardest hit area of the market consumer discretionary. that sector alone down about 7%. consumer staple is right behind it down about 6% and technology, the growth names, getting hit again, especially the mega caps, which have really been dragged into the selling late in this process but down heavily today talking about apple and amazon, even energy is down again that s been the strongest performer so far this year still up 45% heavy selling today. industrials, materials, communication services what s holding up the best defensive groups, utilities and health care. but even they are lower today. the five worst performers in the s&p 500 right now are almost exclusively in retail offof that target earnings miss which is a big part of the story look at target down 27%. the ripple effect here is large. dollar tree, the dollar stores, the retailers in grocery,