The Numbers

Last week, US Stocks and Foreign Stocks decreased. Bonds increased. During the last 12 months, BONDS outperformed STOCKS (this is a change and the first such change in over one year).




































Returns through 8-5-2011


1-week


Y-T-D


1-Year


3-Years


5-Years


10-Years


Bonds- BarCap  Aggregate Index


.7


5.1


5.1


7.4


6.6


5.7


US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500


-7.5


-7.3


2.1


-5.6


-4.5


0.0


Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries


-9.9


-8.8


-.3


– 6.8


-4.0


1.9


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 excluding dividends.

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