The original version of this article first appeared in The Business Times. With Lunar New Year falling in January, many households plan to spring clean their homes pretty early in 2023, especially as families gather to celebrate after more than two years of Covid-related social distancing. It is also a good time to think about spring cleaning our investments. In the process, investors often turn to market commentators to get a sense of where the markets may land. But when it comes to stock predictions this year — or any year, for that matter — one word sums them up: worthless. That’s according to The New York Times’ (NYT) market columnist Jeff Sommer. He points out that between 2000 and 2020, the median Wall Street S&P 500 forecast has been off by an average of nearly 13 percentage points annually. With the market tumult in 2022 brought on by the...