It's been quite some time since investors have contended with such a volatile year on Wall Street. According to data provided by Charlie Bilello, the CEO of Compound Capital Advisors, there have been 53 trading sessions where the S&P 500 has lost at least 1% of its value in 2022, through this past weekend. That's the highest annual total since the Great Recession in 2009, and we still have more than two months left in the year. 

If this isn't enough proof that it's been a trying year, all three major U.S. stock indexes have fallen into a bear market.

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