January 2020 - Park and Elm

This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.

The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.

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Year-End Performance Dashboard

By Park-Elm| 2020-01-02T18:48:00+00:00 January 2nd, 2020|Markets|

In sharp contrast to last year, U.S. equities triumphed in 2019, with the S&P 500^® up 31%, its biggest annual gain since 2013. Easing trade tensions and Fed accommodation renewed optimism about the economic outlook. Mega-caps dominated as gains for the S&P MidCap 400^® and the S&P SmallCap 600^®, 26% and 23% respectively, lagged the S&P 500.
International markets also gained, with the S&P Developed Ex-U.S BMI up 23% and the S&P Emerging BMI up 20%.
High Beta was the best performing factor, followed by Quality; not unrelatedly, Information Technology was the best performing sector, up a remarkable 50%. Meanwhile, Value outperformed Growth for the first time in three years.

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