Last week, U.S. Stocks and Foreign Stocks and Bonds all increased.  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 5-17-2013	1-week	Y-T-D	1-Year	3-Years	5-Years	10-Years
Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index	.8	-2.7	-1.9	3.4	5.1	4.5
US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500	3.0	19.2	28.7	18.4	8.6	7.5
Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries	3.8	6.7	23.5	6.5	-1.8	5.1

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.