In an unusual occurrence, all three indexes, U.S. Stocks and Foreign Stocks and Bonds advanced last week – for the second week in a row. During the last 12 months, U.S. STOCKS outperformed BONDS.
Returns through 12-31-2010 | 1-week | Y-T-D | 1-Year | 3-Years | 5-Years | 10-Years |
Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index | .6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500 | .1 | 15.1 | 15.1 | – 2.9 | 2.3 | 1.4 |
Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries | .7 | 4.9 | 4.9 | – 9.7 | -.3 | 1.1 |