WIP - Major Asset Classes: June 2022 Performance Review
- Losses weighed on every slice of the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs.
- US stocks suffered nearly as much, and for 2022, the loss in American shares exceeds 21%.
- The Global Market Index continued to lose ground in June.
As risk-off messages go, the markets couldn’t be any clearer in June. Losses weighed on every slice of the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. Even cash took a hit, albeit a fractional one.
Selling took a toll far and wide last month, with the foreign stocks in developed markets falling the most. Vanguard Developed Markets ( VEA ) lost 9.2% in June, leaving it in the red by nearly 19% year to date.
US stocks ( VTI ) suffered nearly as much, and for 2022, the loss in American shares exceeds 21%. US bonds ( BND ) are nursing lesser losses, but by fixed-income standards, it’s fair to say that everyone’s favorite safe haven looks decidedly risky this year via a 10.3% year-to-date decline.
Comparing GMI’s performance to US stocks and bonds over the past year highlights that bonds ( BND ) are providing some ballast recently, at least in relative terms - an attribute that previously had been in short supply for 2022.
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Major Asset Classes: June 2022 Performance Review