During Q1 of 2025, a large spread developed separating the returns of US stock vs. International Developed stocks (Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia). This spread was to the advantage of…
davidMay 16, 2025
Foster & Wood has created this sheet to help investors understand the maximum contribution levels for various retirement account types. We have included previous year maximums to illustrate what has…
jeremyDecember 10, 2024
For Q3 2024, International Real Estate was the best performing asset class in the world, providing 16.75% return in just a single quarter. This asset class has been a poor…
davidOctober 21, 2024
Emerging markets stocks were the top performers for Q2 2024, returning 5%, while US stocks returned 3.22% and International Developed stocks were down -0.60%. US large company growth stocks (primarily…
davidSeptember 28, 2024
Q1 of 2024 was better for US stocks than other areas of the global markets. US stocks were up 10.02% while other markets had much lower returns or were flat. Real…
Foster & WoodJune 14, 2024
The 4th Quarter of 2023 was very good in almost all of the capital markets, and this surprised many investors who assumed interest rates would continue to rise through the…
Foster & WoodApril 10, 2024
Virtually all major market averages were down during Q3 2023. US and International stocks were down as well as real estate and bonds. Interestingly, emerging markets stocks did better than…
Foster & WoodDecember 29, 2023
The second quarter of 2023 saw strong returns from US stocks, moderate returns from international stocks, and slightly negative returns from the overall US bond market. The bond market did…
Foster & WoodSeptember 18, 2023
The first quarter of 2023 was rocky. Most markets around the world were up significantly in January, only to drop in February, and then recover toward the end of the…
Foster & WoodApril 20, 2023