2022 was an unusual year for the stock market 📉

Get ready for 2023 with a bunch of charts and stats 📖

The S&P 500 fell in 2022. (Source: Yahoo Finance)

The S&P 500 closed Friday at 3,839.50, down 19.4% for the year. This makes 2022 the worst year for the S&P since 2008 and the fourth-worst year since the index’s launch 1957.¹

While it may be the case that the stock market usually goes up, 2022 was a reminder it doesn’t always go up. This is just part of th…