Tech stocks got mauled this year — here's which ones got hit the hardest

2018 has been a rough year for tech investors.
The sector got hit especially hard during the sell-off that occurred over the final few months of the year.
Big US tech names, including the FAANG stocks, fell out of favor with Wall Street.
Chinese tech and semiconductors were among the hardest hit during the selling.
Over the past few years, betting on the tech sector and its most prominent companies was a winning strategy. But this year has been a different story.
The stock market saw a brut