Last week, U.S. Stocks and Foreign stocks increased.  Bond decreased.  During the last 12 months, STOCKS outperformed BONDS.   

 LAST WEEK-Here is a look the cause of the volatility created this week by hedge funds, institutions, and those we call “traders”.

Returns through 4-19-2013	1-week	Y-T-D	1-Year	3-Years	5-Years	10-Years
Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index	-.3	.6	3.3	5.5	5.7	5.0
US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500	2.1	13.9	18.7	12.7	5.0	7.8
Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries	1.2	9.1	16.4	4.4	-4.1	6.2

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.