We are closely monitoring the situation unfolding on the Russia-Ukrainian border. We are aware of developing stories regarding Russia’s intent to make independent two regions in eastern Ukraine that are populated in large part with pro-Russian separatists – Donetsk and Luhansk.

We enter 2022 in the midst of market angst stemming from Federal Reserve tightening policies, continued COVID concerns, inflation worries, and geopolitical tensions. Add to that list a stock market in the US that has become detached from fundamentals on many metrics, and it creates an environment where doomsday prophecies fill the headlines.