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Yup, the S&P 500 is down 23% as of June 17, 2022 from the value December 31, 2021. Footnote, this applies only if all your account is invested in the S&P 500. Many of you have seen your account decline by less. See Footnote (1) One question from an old-school risk tolerance questionnaire would ask: “If your $100,000 investment portfolio goes does in value by $23,000, what would you do: Sell everything and wait until things get better? Sell some of my riskier investments and invest in more conservative investments? Do nothing? Start buying with any available cash?

Who Has the Most Influence Over Inflation? The President? Congress? Big Companies? Labor Unions? The Federal Reserve?

Much of our satisfaction with the events of life have a lot do with our expectations. Do you remember your first day of high school or moving into your college dorm? Do you remember your first car? Or the first full-time job? Or the first “love-of-your-life?” Then what happened? Did they live up to your expectations or were you ultimately disappointed that reality did not live up to the hype in your head? Please read to the end…it is worth it …. I promise.

2022 and especially the last few weeks have been emotionally challenging. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, inflation news, and the uncertainty of the economic affects of the Fed’s increased interest rates provides plenty of news that can cause uncertainty and fear for the near-term economic impacts. Allow me to offer some historic facts that may provide a bit of calm to the apparent chaotic news.