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It's been a brutal year across so many asset classes. Here's the year to date returns for Vanguard's indexes. Doesn't seem to matter whether you tilted towards anything in particular
Large cap: -24%
Mid cap: -29%
Small cap: -20%
Value: -21%
Growth: -25%
Pssst...Wellesley: -8%
Well, surely if you diversified overseas, you would have done better?
Developed international: -31%
Emerging international: -40%
What if you held some of the more flashy assets instead of all these stocks?
High yield bonds: -11%
Real estate: -11%
Precious metals and mining: -40%
Market neutral: -5%
Commodities (DJP or PCRDX): -14%
Pure-play gold (GLD): 0%
Pure-play oil (USO): 0%
Having covered all of the losers, what winners (if any) were there?
Prime money market fund: +2%
Intermediate term treasuries: +6%
TIPS: +3%
Total bond market: +1%
Man, this is discouraging.
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