February brought slight improvements to most of the asset class categories during the second month of the year. However, many were still left in the red. While World Stocks continued to drop, and with the moderate increases in Hedge Funds, U.S. stocks, bonds, and U.S. Real Estate, they all remained in the negative.

As for the rest of the assets, Cash continued to rise steadily, Managed Futures held down second place, sitting at 2.52%, and Commodities continued to top the chart at 21.63% YTD. As turmoil continues in Europe, we will have to stay tuned to see what impact this chaos will bring on to the markets.

 

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

 

 

Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Sources: Managed Futures = SocGen CTA Index,
Cash = US T-Bill 13 week coupon equivalent annual rate/12, with YTD the sum of each month’s value,
Bonds = Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (NYSEARCA:BND),
Hedge Funds = IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (NYSEARCA:QAI)
Commodities = iShares S&P GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust ETF (NYSEARCA:GSG);
Real Estate = iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:IYR);
World Stocks = iShares MSCI ACWI ex-U.S. ETF (NASDAQ:ACWX);
US Stocks = SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY)

All ETF performance data from Y Charts