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Investor Insights: First Half Recap and Current Market Conditions

While various financial market returns are down double-digits and many are in correction territory, undoubtedly, the first half of 2022 has been nerve-racking for most investors. We started the year with unprecedented, soaring inflation at rates that have not been seen since the late 70’s and early 80’s, as well as higher food and energy prices, supply chain disruptions, the Omicron variant, and to top it off, news of Russia invading Ukraine!