Pain, Few Gains for Investors as Markets Slumped in 2022

Pain, Few Gains for Investors as Markets Slumped in 2022
The New York Stock Exchange in New York on June 29, 2022. Julia Nikhinson/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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By Alex Veiga

Investors found few, if any, safe havens in 2022, as central banks in the United States and around the globe raised interest rates for the first time in years to fight surging inflation, stoking fear of a global recession.