Monthly Market Update
Submitted by TLWM Financial on February 1st, 2022
We hope that your year is off to a great start! The stock market has certainly kept us on our toes to start the year. January brought with it some volatility as stocks pulled back to begin the year, with the S&P 500 ending the month down about 5%. (YCharts)
In our annual outlook that we published late last year we highlighted a few key themes to watch including inflation and monetary policy. We didn’t have to wait long for these factors to impact markets as we saw the following developments: