From time to time, Wall Street provides a not-so-subtle reminder to the investing community that stocks can move lower.

Since achieving their all-time closing highs between mid-November 2021 and the first week of January 2022, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), widely followed S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have respectively plummeted by as much as 22%, 28%, and 38%. This means all three major U.S. indexes have had at least a brief taste of a bear market in 2022.

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