Everything Positive For 2017, But Unfortunately We Are Starting a New Year

(Harvest) Many pension and endowments are going to post double-digit returns for 2017. Most have exceeded their actuarial expect return assumptions of 7%. Family offices and general investors have also posted good returns for the year. Equity returns for US, international and emerging market portfolios all generated over 20% and bond portfolios were still able to post positive returns. It was a great year with any 60/40 stock bond combination generating more than ten percent. The only asset class that did not perform well was commodities.

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