Although you probably don't want or need the reminder, 2022 was a difficult year for the investing community. Unless you were heavily weighted to energy stocks, there's a good chance you had a rough year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, S 500, and Nasdaq Composite were all, at least briefly, entrenched in a bear market, with the latter ending the year lower by 33%.

The silver lining amid this tumult is that stock market declines breed opportunity. Though timing the market can't be done with any consistency, buying high-quality stocks during significant dips and allowing your investment thesis to play out over time tends to be a winning strategy far more often than not.

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