 U.S. equity markets closed out their worst year since the Financial Crisis with a fourth-straight week of declines as Treasury yields jumped back to seven-week highs on renewed inflation and COVID concerns. Dragging its full-year declines to nearly 20, the SP 500 slipped 0.1 this week while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped another 0.4, shedding nearly a third of its value in 2022. 