It has been difficult to ignore the renewed sense of optimism creeping into stock markets this year. Misery has been replaced by a watchful brightness, and nowhere has this sheen reflected better than among software growth stocks.After tumbling more than a third in 2022, the US-listed iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV:BATS), comprised of many of the major enterprise software players,

Most investors tend to view the technology space as high growth AND high risk, yet performance data of tech funds shows an underappreciated resilience during the coronavirus sell-off.That fund values have fallen in absolute terms is understandable given the widespread sell-off in global stock markets, yet relative performance has in many cases been somewhat encouraging.For example, T Rowe Price Gl