2022 Was the Worst Year Since 1937 for This Investing Strategy: Here's What History Says Happens Next
2022 was a historic year for the markets -- and not in a good way. Post-pandemic inflation, war in Europe, and widespread lockdowns in China were just a few of the problems that plagued all financial assets last year.
And while there have been much worse drawdowns in the S&P 500 index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) in recent years, 2022 may go down as one of the worst years in investing history when combining the stock market decline with those in other types of financial assets.
Many investors, especially those in retirement, generally don't just own stocks but usually have some portion of their portfolios in fixed income as well. Fixed income is a fairly broad term, but many investors in the equity market, which has exposure to the health of corporations, choose to balance their equity holdings with longer-dated U.S. Treasury bonds.
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