Last week, U.S. Stocks and Foreign Stocks both declined but Bonds increased. During the last 12 months, STOCKS have substantially outperformed bonds.
Returns through 1-22-2010 | 1-week | Y-T-D | 1-Year | 3-Years | 5-Years | 10-Years |
Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index | .3 | 1.5 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 6.6 |
US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500 | -3.9 | -2.0 | 35.1 | -6.4 | .7 | -1.0 |
Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE | -3.7 | -.9 | 43.1 | -9.1 | 1.4 | -.7 |
Source: Morningstar Workstation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly. Three, five and ten year returns are annualized. Assumes dividends are not reinvested.