Time Machine · Jan–Oct 2022
2022 Bear Market
The slow grind
Trade the 2022 bear market — a 10-month slow bleed as inflation hit 9% and the Fed hiked rates aggressively. Stocks AND bonds fell together, with nowhere to hide. Slow bears test patience more than crashes. Can you hold on?
Stay patient, or capitulate?
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What happened
2022 was not a crash but a 10-month slow bleed. Inflation hit 9%, and the Federal Reserve raised interest rates aggressively to fight it, including a 0.75% hike — the largest since 1994.
The unusual pain was that stocks AND bonds fell together, so the classic 60/40 portfolio had one of its worst years in history. There was nowhere to hide.
The S&P 500 fell about 25%, bottoming on October 13, 2022 — right when pessimism was at an extreme.
By the numbers
−25%
Drawdown
~10 months
Duration
Fell with stocks (rare)
Bonds
Timeline
Jan 3, 2022
S&P 500 hits a record high
Feb 24, 2022
Russia invades Ukraine; markets tumble
Jun 15, 2022
Fed hikes 0.75% — biggest since 1994
Aug 2022
Powell's Jackson Hole 'pain' speech
Oct 13, 2022
Market bottoms at 3,491
The lesson
Slow bear markets test patience more than crashes do. The worst move is selling after months of decline — often right before the recovery begins.
Real headlines
Period news breaks day by day as it actually did.
Fear gauge
The real VIX shows how scared the market was.
Coach & leaderboard
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