It is quoted in some sifrei mussar that wealth is one of the hardest nisyonos is finding Hashem.
The whole point of galus is find out who we’re not and who we should not be in order to become who Hashem wants us to be. With the incredible loss of wealth in such a short period of time, I have heard in the name of an odom gadol, is a lack of Hester Panim, and we can find Hashem much more clearly through less gashmius.
I still maintain that a boy is looking to date a girl and not a chavrusa!