Warren Buffett published his 2022 annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) shareholders on Saturday. Thus began our journey to 2023, a bumpy road involving a combination of continuous savings by our owners (that is, by their retaining earnings), the power of compounding, our avoidance of major mistakes and -- most important of all -- the American Tailwind. Yet his ongoing belief in inefficient markets and the American tailwind should reassure investors dealing with today's high volatility, inflation, rising interest rates, global competition, and geopolitical tensions.