Insightful Investing News March 2010
7th March 2010
On a monthly basis, it has been a year since the bottom of the financial market crisis. The one year performance numbers for stocks look incredibly good, just the opposite of how horribly bad they looked one year ago. It only too one year for the financial markets to demonstrate the pendulum effect of market cycles. That being said, your portfolio should be close to its asset allocation targets at this time. Stocks bounced back in February to bring most categories back to or slightly better than break even for the year. Leading the pack was Real Estate, which gained just about all it lost last month by picking up 5.5%. US stocks benefited this month by a flight to quality that lifted the dollar. This action helped push up domestic stock funds, with a 5% gain by Mid Cap Stocks leading the pack for equities.
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