As fears of a looming recession in the United States persist, investors may be gainful if they turn to defensive stocks and value investing.

Simplify Interest Rate Hedge ETF, Energy Select Sector SPDR, SPDR S&P North American Natural Resources ETF, KFA Mount Lucas Index Strategy ETF and Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF are included...

While most of the market was in deep red, a few have really performed well this year.

The year 2022 has been awful to Wall Street. But these ETF areas -- energy, commodities, dividends, defensive ETFs and rate hedge ETFs -- emerged winners.

We highlight trend-following ETFs that surged over 30% YTD

The long/short fund goes long stocks that are expected to outperform the market, while taking short positions in stocks that are likely to underperform.

We have highlighted the three ETFs each from the best and worst-performing zones of the nine months of 2022.

Wall Street has been on a tough ride this year, with all the three major indices slipping into a bear market. While most corners of the market were in deep red, a few have performed well.

Stocks witnessed the worst day since 2020 on Sep 13 as hot CPI data stoked rising rate worries and caused a crash in the market, as quoted on Yahoo Finance.

The first half of 2022 has been extremely challenging for the global stock market. We have highlighted the three ETFs each from the best and worst-performing zones of first-half 2022.