The Numbers

Last week, U.S. Stocks increased.  Foreign Stocks and Bonds declined.  During the last 12 months, STOCKS outperformed BONDS.

Returns through 11-8-2013

1-week

Y-T-D

1-Year

3-Years

5-Years

10-Years

Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index

  -.5

-1.9

-2.1

  2.7

 5.6

4.8

US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500

   .6

26.4

31.4

15.6

16.3

7.5

Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries

   -.8

 15.0

22.7

  3.5

 8.2

4.6

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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