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With the Kansas Jayhawks beating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the NCAA basketball championships, March Madness is officially over. And for the markets, March was truly a month of madness as stocks and bonds declined significantly before a modest rebound. Overall, the first quarter of 2022 saw new highs for stocks early in the…

The final quarter of 2021 capped off a year with equity returns far higher than most investment strategists predicted or expected. While the S&P 500 gained 11% in the quarter, MSCI EAFE (international stocks) was up just 2.7% while MSCI Emerging Markets stocks fell 1.2%. And the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond index was flat. Both U.S.…