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<blockquote data-quote="Lineandinitial" data-source="post: 5776331" data-attributes="member: 29428">Oh that&#039;s right, you lower middle income earners saw huge increses, so now your $45K nest egg is work $60K....LOL...High roller!&quot;There was supposed to be a rally,&quot; said Lili Vasileff, a certified financial planner in Greenwich, Connecticut. &quot;It hasn&#039;t happened. If anything, it&#039;s fizzled.&quot;<h2>The worst year ever for stocks and bonds?</h2>Stocks shed 18.6% of their value in 2022, as measured by the S&amp;P 500, a loss that swells to 25% after adjusting for inflation, according to <a href="https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/wIRcC1wpXrhEyMzAMHLeaaI?domain=nasdaq.com" target="_blank">a NASDAQ analysis</a>.Bonds lost 13.7% of their value, according to the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index. Inflation pushes that figure to 20%, the worst bond return in 97 years, according to NASDAQ.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lineandinitial, post: 5776331, member: 29428"] Oh that's right, you lower middle income earners saw huge increses, so now your $45K nest egg is work $60K....LOL...High roller! "There was supposed to be a rally," said Lili Vasileff, a certified financial planner in Greenwich, Connecticut. "It hasn't happened. If anything, it's fizzled." [HEADING=1]The worst year ever for stocks and bonds?[/HEADING] Stocks shed 18.6% of their value in 2022, as measured by the S&P 500, a loss that swells to 25% after adjusting for inflation, according to [URL='https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/wIRcC1wpXrhEyMzAMHLeaaI?domain=nasdaq.com']a NASDAQ analysis[/URL]. Bonds lost 13.7% of their value, according to the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index. Inflation pushes that figure to 20%, the [B][SIZE=6]worst bond return in 97 years[/SIZE][/B], according to NASDAQ. [/QUOTE]

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