Ryan
Dec 2nd, 2009
Dec 2nd, 2009
What’s Been Hot: Domestic Stocks
With just about a month to go, it’s been a tremendous investing year in spite of the huge dive stocks took until March of this year. Let’s see how domestic stocks have performed year to date:
Our benchmark index, the S&P 500, is up 20.41% for the year to date, an impressive performance by any account. The domestic stock fund I use in my model portfolio the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (VTSMX), which tracks the even broader MSCI US Broad Market Index , is up 18.46% year to date, a little worse but offering more diversification.
Both of those are impressive numbers. For this year, domestic stocks have performed very, very well, maintaining its place as the largest single holding in my portfolio.
