It's a lesson new investors may not have learned and tenured investors need to be reminded of: Stocks are fickle. Although the broad-market indexes rise in value over time, stocks can be highly unpredictable in the short term, as we saw in 2022. Last year, all three major stock indexes plunged into a bear market.

However, peril brings promise on Wall Street. Even though stock market corrections are inevitable, they typically don't last very long. This makes every sizable downturn in equities a buying opportunity for patient investors.

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