Investing

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Stock markets around the world had a strong Q4 2022. US stocks were up 7.18%, and International Developed Stocks including Europe and Japan were up 16.18%, contrary to negative expectations…

Q3 2022 was a down quarter for stocks, bonds and real estate, continuing what happened in Q2 2022. US stocks did better than international stocks, and US small company stocks…

Q2 2022 was a down quarter for nearly all asset classes. Stock, bond and real estate were all down.  Bond were down as interest rates increased. It may seem a…