Asset Class Scoreboard Two Months In by Attain Capital
In a “business as usual” market environment with new all time highs in the stock market indices over the past year, it’s fun to play the game, which asset class has done the best since the beginning of the year or over the past twelve months. You might be surprised as to who’s on top and who’s not.
(Disclaimer: past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.)
Source: All ETF performance data from Morningstar.com
Sources: Managed Futures = Newedge CTA Index, Cash = 13 week T-Bill rate,
Bonds = Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND),
Hedge Funds= IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy (QAI)
Commodities = iShares GSCI ETF (GSG);
Real Estate = iShares DJ Real Estate ETF (IYR);
World Stocks = iShares MSCI ACWI ex US Index Fund ETF (ACWX);
US Stocks = SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)