Quarterly Letter-Q4 2022: Let’s Turn the Page
January 20, 2023
The fourth quarter of 2022 was a microcosm of the year for investors, albeit not so painful. For 2022 as a whole, the tally was grim. US bonds experienced their worst year on record. Global equities fell sharply. Returns from a traditional 60:40 portfolio of stocks and bonds were the worst since 2008.There remains a disconnect between market expectations that rates will ease sooner rather than later and the central bank’s hawkish Q4 projections.