After a historically calm 2021, volatility returned in the first quarter of 2022, as inflation surged to 40-year highs, the Federal Reserve promised to raise interest rates faster than previously thought, and Russia surprised the world with a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, marking the first major military conflict in Europe in decades. Those factors fueled a rise in volatility and pushed stocks lower in the first three months of the year. We have seen days with the worst decline in the S&P 500 since March 2020, and we have also seen the best day in the S&P 500 since March 2020. Download our latest report to learn more.
