In our 2022 Outlook Commentary, we suggested policy accommodation had peaked last Fall such that markets would ultimately turn on investors as this year progressed, but in the short term, ample liquidity would enable stocks to be okay. We also wrote that our constructive outlook on energy commodities and the value versus growth factor style of investing would enable Canadian stocks to outperform U.S. equities. Then by mid-January, the Fed turned hawkish and ever since, most financial assets, especially U.S. growth stocks, have had a volatile and rough time.