File the following into the mostly useless category. We’ve got our monthly asset class scoreboard update below, but after the fireworks so far in August, the YTD numbers are already much different, with stocks and real estate now negative for the year.

So, here’s where we were as of the end of July…

Key: as of 7/31/2011

Managed Futures = Credit Suisse/Tremont Managed Futures Index, Cash = 13 wk T-Bill rate, Bonds = Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND), Hedge Funds = Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Index Commodities – iShares GSCI ETF (GSC), Real Estate = iShares DJ Real Estate ETF (IYR) via Google World Stocks = MCSI World Index (ex USA), US Stocks = S&P 500 Total Return Index