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2008 Synopsis: 1 Chart, 5 Asset Classes 3 comments

by: Richard Shaw January 01, 2009 | about: AGG / DJP / SPY / VEU / VNQ    
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This chart of five key classes gives a pretty good synopsis of 2008 (Jan 1 - Dec 31):

  • US stocks
  • world stocks ex US
  • US equity REITs
  • global commodities
  • US aggregate bonds.

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    so much for asset diversification. Who would have thought that all asset classes would have sagged against fiat currency?
    Jan 01 07:56 PM | Link | Reply
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    the Elliot Wave guys...of course they called for global deflation in 2002 but the clarity in retrospect was scarily accurate.
    Jan 05 03:54 PM | Link | Reply
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    The burst of the credit bubble called for the liquidation of any and all asset classes. Watch for the reflating of these classes over the next month.


    On Jan 01 07:56 PM bigmoney wrote:

    > so much for asset diversification. Who would have thought that all
    > asset classes would have sagged against fiat currency?
    Jan 07 12:38 AM | Link | Reply
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