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| 5/10/2013Market Performance |
| Municipal Bonds |
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S&P National Bond Index
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3.00% |
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S&P California Bond Index
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2.96% |
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S&P New York Bond Index
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3.13% |
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S&P National 0-5 Year Municipal Bond Index
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0.70% |
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| S&P/BGCantor US Treasury Bond |
400.09 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
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848.03 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (CAD)
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636.26 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR)
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1,701.05 |
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S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (TR) (CAD)
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1,276.26 |
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S&P REIT Index
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174.07 |
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S&P REIT Index (TR)
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425.30 |
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S&P MLP Index
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2,469.58 |
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S&P MLP Index (TR)
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5,428.50 |
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How Have Bonds Outpaced Stocks Over The Last Three Decades? |
Forbes - Nov. 4, 2011 - By Charles Rotblut
‘In 30-Year Race, Bonds Beat Stocks,’ read a headline on Blooomberg.com earlier this week.
No, you did not read that wrong. Jim Bianco, president of Bianco Research, calculated an average annual gain of 11.8% for long-term bonds. Stocks lagged with an average gain of 10.8%. This has not happened since the Civil War, when the U.S. had a very different economy.
If you thought stocks, not bonds, were the best investment vehicles for beating long-term inflation, you’re right. This is still the case. The performance record of the past 30 years reflects two different events that combined to create a favorable environment for bond prices.
The first was interest rates. Ten-year treasury bonds yielded 15.8% on September 30, 1981, according to Bianco. Yesterday, the 10-year bond yielded 2.06%. Bond prices and interest rates are inversely related, meaning that as yields fell over the past three decades, bond prices rose.
The second was the stock market. Since 1998, the S&P 500 has experienced three severe market corrections and two nasty bear markets. These events hurt the long-term record for stocks, giving bonds an edge.
For the complete article.
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