MarketView Chart of the Week, posted January 04, 2008
Capital markets were mixed for investors in the fourth quarter of 2007. Bonds, as measured by the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, rose 3.00% and 6.97% for the quarter and trailing 1-year periods, respectively. U.S. equities represented by the S&P 500 Index and the Russell 3000 Index, posted negative returns for the fourth quarter but managed positive returns for the 1-year period. International equity markets, which are often benchmarked relative to the MSCI EAFE Index, earned the largest returns for investors over a 1-year period, returning 8.62%.
MarketView Chart of the Week, posted January 04, 2008
Capital markets were mixed for investors in the fourth quarter of 2007. Bonds, as measured by the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, rose 3.00% and 6.97% for the quarter and trailing 1-year periods, respectively. U.S. equities represented by the S&P 500 Index and the Russell 3000 Index, posted negative returns for the fourth quarter but managed positive returns for the 1-year period. International equity markets, which are often benchmarked relative to the MSCI EAFE Index, earned the largest returns for investors over a 1-year period, returning 8.62%.