While not smooth sailing, minding the trim, paying close attention, adjusting the sails and the weighting keeps things on course. The market anticipated the July rate increase and is currently waffling on whether or not the Fed will increase again at the September meeting. But the general trajectory is positive with the EEF rising commensurately. And, even with the 2022 pullback, EEF performance remains in the top 30% of the balanced fund universe.