If you’re in the dark about what’s happening in the financial world, you might get caught off guard during bad market turns and fear can derail your retirement plans. Staying informed is a good habit that can help keep you on track. We try to make it easy by providing our readers with a summary of headlines and investment news from the past quarter in an easy-to-digest format.
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If you don’t have a lot of time, just check out pages 3 and 4. You’ll see the overall performance of stocks and bonds this quarter on page 3, and page 4 gives you an overview of major news events over the past 3 months.
An outline is included below, but be sure to download a full copy of the quarterly market summary.
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Notable Q3 Headlines
US and Cuba Set to Formally Reestablish Diplomatic Relations
Existing Home Sales Surge, Prices Hit Record
US Oil Prices Fall to Six-Year Low
Eurozone Economic Growth Slows
Consumers Take on More Debt, Signaling Confidence in Economy
US Second Quarter GDP Grows 3.9%
Q3 Index Returns (July – September)
U.S Market -7.25 %
Developed -10.57 %
Emerging -17.90%
Real Estate (-0.54%)
U.S Bond (+1.23%)
Global Bond (+2.01%)
Notable Highs
US Bond + 1.23
Global Bond + 2.01
Lean Hogs + 13.42
Notable Lows
Singapore ( -18.79)
Brazil (-33.66)
WTI Crude Oil (- 27.39)