With inflation rising and the Fed raising interest rates, SBUX stock has fallen a bit more than the S&P index so far this year. [Note: Starbucks’ fiscal year 2021 ended October 3, 2021] Starbucks’s stock (NASDAQ: SBUX), the world’s leading roaster, marketer, and retailer of specialty coffee, declined by 4% in the last five trading days (one week). Is SBUX stock poised to decline in the short term or are gains looking more likely?