Last week, U.S. Stocks and Foreign stocks increased. Bond decreased. During the last 12 months, STOCKS outperformed BONDS. Returns through 4-19-2013 1-week Y-T-D 1-Year 3-Years 5-Years 10-Years Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index -.4 .2 2.8 5.2 5.2 4.9 US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500 1.3 15.4 23.1 14.6 5.6 7.9 Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries .5 9.7 21.6 6.2 -3.8 6.1
LAST WEEK -Here is a look the cause of the volatility created this week by hedge funds, institutions, and those we call “traders”.
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.