Fidelity: Average IRA and 401k balance unchanged since 2018 (despite 22% inflation)

Meanwhile inflation since then has totaled 22%

Added later:
Here is the S&P for the past two years of so.
I’ve been calling it “flat” or “net flat” or some such, although

  • strictly speaking it is down 4.8%
  • inflation (as measured by CPI) has been 11%.

Government workers, and social welfare recipients have gotten increases of ~17% because, (those on the left point out,) when you take all the costs of inflation into consideration the cost of living really has gone up that much." (it’s on one of the threads here.)

One thing is certain. At some point the S&P will continue its climb.

Yes, that is certain.

  • S&P spends roughly two-thirds of its time moving bumpy sideways
  • One third of its time moving up.

Sooner or later it will move up again.