us stocks are facing their most uncertain outlook since the covid19 pandemic sent the market tumbling last year but many investors say there is no better place to be right now major us stock indexes sank monday with the dow jones industrial average losing more than 600 points or 18 as concerns grew that a default by realestate developer china evergrande group could spur a widespread retreat from riskier assets percolating worries about a slowdown in economic growth ongoing supplychain issues and rising deaths tied to the delta variant of the coronavirus added to the volatility