Last week, US Stocks and Foreign Stocks decreased. Bonds increased. During the last 12 months, BONDS outperformed STOCKS (this is a change and the first such change in over one year).
Returns through 8-5-2011 | 1-week | Y-T-D | 1-Year | 3-Years | 5-Years | 10-Years |
Bonds- BarCap Aggregate Index | .7 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 5.7 |
US Stocks-Standard & Poor’s 500 | -7.5 | -7.3 | 2.1 | -5.6 | -4.5 | 0.0 |
Foreign Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries | -9.9 | -8.8 | -.3 | – 6.8 | -4.0 | 1.9 |
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.