Common Cents

by | Sep 4, 2020 | WWC WorthWhile Reading

Last Week…

 

… things started looking up!

 

 

All US indexes were up!

  • Technology was the big dog, once again, up 6.12%

Tesla and Apple recently did a stock split.. which may have contributed to this jump.

  • Large Cap Growth took second place +4.71%
  • But in other instances, Value out performed Growth

 

Foreign Stocks all saw modest gains hovering just under and just above 2%

  • Emerging Markets +2.75%
  • Commodities +2.08%

 

AND, yet again, Bonds barely bubbled up.

Except for:

  • Emerging Markets Bonds fell another -0.47%
  • Intermediate Term Treasuries and Intermediate Corporate Bonds were also down a small -0.07% and -0.10% respectively.

 

So why the better outlook this week? Has much changed? Perhaps not yet, but maybe investors attitudes are beginning to turn more optimistic in the hopes of a new vaccine.

 

Have a great weekend!

 

Indexes are listed in respective order to their reference above: DJ Industrial Average TR USD, S&P 500 TR, DJ US TSM Large Cap Growth TR USD, NASDAQ 100, Technology NTTR TR USD, DJ US Health Care TR USD, DJ US TSM Large Cap Value TR USD, DJ US TSM Mid Cap Growth TR USD, DJ US TSM Mid Cap Value TR USD, DJ US TSM Small Cap Growth TR USD, DJ US TSM Small Cap Value TR USD, FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs TR, DJ Gbl Ex US Select REIT TR USD, Bloomberg Commodity TR USD, MSCI EAFE NR USD, MSCI EAFE Growth NR USD, MSCI EAFE Value NR USD, MSCI EAFE Small Cap NR USD, MSCI EM NR USD, BBgBarc US Corporate High Yield TR USD, FTSE WGBI NonUSD USD, JPM EMBI Plus TR USD, BBgBarc US Govt 1-3 Yr TR USD, ICE BoafAML 1-3Y US Corp TR USD, BBgBarc Intermediate Treasury TR USD, BBgBarc Interm Corp TR, BBgBarc US Treasury US TIPS TR USD. These materials have been prepared solely for informational purposes based upon data generally available to the public from sources believed to be reliable. All performance references are to benchmark indexes. Performance of specific funds will vary from respective benchmarks. Past performance is not an assurance of future results. Each index cited is provided to illustrate market trends for various asset classes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. Neither do Indexes reflect individual investor costs, e.g. trading, expense ratios & potential advisory fees.