Turbulence remains the signal feature of 2022: global markets are under significant stress due to rising interest rates, inflation, energy shortages, food shortages, the war in Ukraine and weakness of most currencies relative to the dollar. Investors around the world are selling equities and bonds, not just here in the U.S. Stocks are in bear market downtrends (defined as a decline over 20%), and bonds are broadly down for the year. Click here to read more