The classic way of building a portfolio—60% stocks and 40% bonds—had the worst return in nominal terms for a 60/40 portfolio since the financial crisis of 2008-9 and the worst in real terms in a calendar year since the Great Depression.

The major banks are expected to post some $28 billion in profits in the fourth quarter, down 15% from a year earlier.

IPOs in the U.S., excluding offerings by special-purpose acquisition companies, raised $8.6 billion in 2022, far below the roughly $56 billion annual average over the past decade.

Companies in the S&P 500 allocated an estimated $561 billion toward dividends in 2022, up from $511.2 billion in 2021 and the highest amount on record.

Bitcoin is on track for its worst year since 2018—the last so-called crypto winter when prices tanked—having shed nearly two-thirds of its value.

Nearly 80 million American employees are still working from home at least one day a week, saving 200 million hours and 6 billion miles commuting to offices per week, which they value at roughly an 8% pay increase.

Fees from advising on deals, stock offerings and bond sales are down more than 40% from this time last year, wiping out more than $50 billion in revenue. That is the biggest year-over-year dollar decline on record, worse even than in the financial crisis.

Households headed by people ages 65 to 74 have an average retirement-account savings of $426,000.

Americans stick with the same primary checking and savings accounts for about 17 years on average, that is longer than the average marriage.

Some big hedge-fund winners in 2022 will return some profits to clients highlighting their banner year.