DOWNLOAD THE PDF Section I: Market Update Report Section II: MWA Quarterly Commentary Section II-A: The Elections and Market Timing Section III: Around the MWA Office Section IV: Articles of Value, Recommended Reading Section I: Market Update Report The 3rd quarter was a strong quarter for our investors, as markets

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DOWNLOAD THE PDF Each quarter we put together a PowerPoint detailing how different markets performed over the last quarter. You will notice that in Quarter 3 of 2020 each equity market was up more than 4.5%, with the Emerging Markets as the top performer at 9.56% and the lowest, International

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Download the PDF Each quarter we put together a PowerPoint detailing how different markets performed over the last quarter. You will notice that in Quarter 2 of 2020 each equity market was up more than 10%, with US and Emerging Markets being the top performers at 22% and 18%.  

Download the PDF The world is watching with concern the spread of the new coronavirus. The uncertainty is being felt around the globe, and it is unsettling on a human level as well as from the perspective of how markets respond. At Dimensional, it is a fundamental principle that markets

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Download the PDF Each quarter we put together a PowerPoint detailing how different markets performed over the last quarter. You will notice that in Quarter 1 of 2020 each equity market was down more than 20%, with real estate being down the most at -29%

DOWNLOAD THE PDF The year 2019 offered investors strong returns in many major asset classes and capped off an attractive decade of gains. Figure 1 below shows the 10 year returns for a global stock portfolio. Large US growth stocks, the major type of stocks owned by many investors, especially

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DOWNLOAD THE PDF This Report shows how each of the markets across the world performed in 2019. As you can see from page 3, all major market classes were above their average annual return.

Download the PDF Overall the 2nd quarter was a good quarter for most investments (especially very large, fast-growing US multinationals that trade at high valuations). Stocks & Bonds continued to rebound from the pullback that bottomed over the Christmas holidays; as interest rates fell, due to concerns for slowing global

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DOWNLOAD THE PDF Each quarter we put together a PowerPoint detailing how different markets performed over the last quarter. You will notice that Q2 of 2019 was a positive quarter all around the world. To see the PDF click on the picture below, or the link above.

What A Difference A Quarter Makes Download the PDF In the investment world, Wall Street has been known to prey on investor’s relatively short memory of the past, but I would like to remind you of Dec 25th, 2018, barely 100 days ago. Markets appeared to be in free fall