Last week, Bonds Increased, however, U.S. and Foreign Stocks decreased. During the last 12 months, STOCKS outperformed BONDS. Returns through 1-24-2014 1-week Y-T-D 1-Year 3-Years 5-Years 10-Years Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index .1 1.1 – .6 3.7 4.8 4.5 US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500 -2.6 -3.1 21.1 13.5 18.6 6.7 Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries -1.8 -1.8 10.6 2.7 10.4 3.6 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.
The Weekly Commentary
Observations of the current state of the stock and bond markets
