Whether you've been investing for decades or just getting started, 2022 has been an extremely difficult year to pick winning stocks. The benchmark S&P 500 index has lost more than 20% of its value since the beginning of the year.

There are two important things everyday investors need to remember during times like these. First, when markets are in free fall, the shares of the best businesses can fall just as quickly as mediocre ones. Second, bear markets are always followed by longer-lasting bull markets.

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