7 A-Rated Tech Stocks to Buy and Hold Now As they lagged expectations, tech stocks have been one of the biggest stories of the stock market for the last few months. But have you noticed that tech is starting to finally turn around? The Investo QQQ ETF (NASDAQ: QQQ ) which tracks tech stocks is down 19% so far in 2022, but it’s gained more than 16% over the last two months. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLK ) dropped 13% since Jan. 1, but gained 16.6% in the last two months. Tech stocks have long been a reliable source of solid returns and can be great momentum plays in good times. Now that tech is threatening to return to its winning ways, this may be an outstanding time to pick up A-rated tech stocks for the long term. Here are seven for buy-and-hold investors. BCOR Blucora $23.11 EXLS ExlService Holdings $178.44 SWCH Switch $34.02 KBR KBR $52.49 PDFS PDF Solutions $27.28 QLYS Qualys $155.57 PSN Parsons Corporation $42.62 Blucora (BCOR) Source: Shutterstock Perhaps nothing creates more anxiety for the general population every quarter and every year like taxes.