January 2022
Greetings!
Happy New Year!
The past year was tough in the markets, leaving some investors anxious about their finances. On this one-year anniversary of the S&P 500 hitting its all-time closing high, many investors are contemplating what such market volatility means for their investment strategies.
One way to look at turbulent 2022 is as a cleansing of exuberance from the financial system. Yes, it’s been painful, but from this rubble, we are reestablishing a sense of normalcy in the financial system. Despite gloomy predictions regarding the economy and the markets in 2023, I want to share a more positive tone and reasons for some optimism in the articles below.
Borrowing the words from Donna Ashworth’s poem: when I say ‘happy new year,’ I’m wishing you a baseline of peace and gratitude; I’m hoping you will experience many more joys than sorrows, more laughter than tears and the wisdom to accept that happiness must come and go, like the tides and the winds, just as sadness, and all emotions in-between.
Happy New Year!