“A bad year to own the S&P 500 because oil inflation traps the Fed on hold and puts a hard lid on stock prices and multiples.”
“I think it's a very bad year to be invested in the stock market as a whole. There will be pockets, energy, commodities, agriculture that I think do well, but Overall, it's dicey for people who just own S&P 500, which is 40% Mag 7 stocks.”
Prices are point-in-time snapshots from the named provider. The verdict compares the return since entry against the band above.