Exploring Asset Allocation, Portfolio Returns, Asset Class Returns, Indices and Portfolio Construction
Annual Returns for Key Indices Ranked in Order of Performance (2002–2021)
Balanced Composite Index, 2021 (31.12) YTD Returns
2021 YTD Returns (31.12.2021)
Why should long-term investors care about market forecasts? Vanguard, after all, has long counseled investors to set a strategy based on their investment goals and to stick to it, tuning out the noise along the way.
More than two centuries of data confirms that value, momentum and low risk offer attractive premiums. These are consistent across various market and macroeconomic scenarios.
Ranked in Order from the Highest to the Lowest Performance