– The Russian invasion of Ukraine put more pressure on international equities rather than US equities, as domestic stocks rallied from oversold levels.
– Growth stocks staged a rebound after suffering persistent declines for the first two months of 2022.
– International stocks struggled. China declined 5.8%, and the Russian stock market fell more than 30% last week, much of it occurring the day the invasion began.
– Bitcoin has behaved like a proxy for the risk trade in markets and has suffered declines comparable to growth stocks, falling 15.8% ytd.

– A difficult week for risk assets amid inflation and Ukraine concerns. US and International equities declined by 1.6%.
– Relative strength of value stocks continues. Small-cap and mid-cap value stocks managed to move higher.
– Emerging markets outperformed and are still holding onto positive ytd returns.
– Bitcoin and oil sold off. Natural gas prices moved higher by 11.2%.