The document provides a summary of global market performance in the second quarter of 2018. US stocks outperformed international developed and emerging markets, returning 3.89%. Small caps outperformed large caps in the US but underperformed internationally. The report also includes highlights on currency and commodity returns, as well as a discussion on the benefits of diversification. It concludes with a topic on a formula for success.
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The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of
stock and bond asset classes in the US and
international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of
stock and bond asset classes in the US and
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This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of
stock and bond asset classes in the US and
international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of
stock and bond asset classes in the US and
international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of
stock and bond asset classes in the US and
international markets.
Q2 2018 Quarterly Market Review: This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
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This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
“I have found that the importance of having an investment philosophy—one that is robust and that you can stick with— cannot be overstated.”
—David Booth
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
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international markets.
The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
“I have found that the importance of having an investment philosophy—one that is robust and that you can stick with— cannot be overstated.”
—David Booth
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
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This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of
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international markets.
The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally diversified portfolios.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets. The report also illustrates the performance of globally diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
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This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
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This report features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins with a global overview, then features the returns of stock and bond asset classes in the US and international markets.
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2. Quarterly Market Review
Second Quarter 2018
Overview:
Market Summary
World Stock Market Performance
World Asset Classes
US Stocks
International Developed Stocks
Emerging Markets Stocks
Select Country Performance
Select Currency Performance vs. US Dollar
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Commodities
Fixed Income
Impact of Diversification
Quarterly Topic: E+R=O, a Formula for Success
This report features world capital market performance
and a timeline of events for the past quarter. It begins
with a global overview, then features the returns of
stock and bond asset classes in the US and
international markets.
The report also illustrates the impact of globally
diversified portfolios and features a quarterly topic.
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13. Commodities
Second Quarter 2018 Index Returns
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Index is not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio.
Commodities returns represent the return of the Bloomberg Commodity Total Return Index. Individual commodities are sub-index values of the Bloomberg Commodity Total Return Index. Data provided by Bloomberg.
The Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return gained
0.40% during the second quarter.
The energy complex led performance with Brent oil
returning 16.18% and WTI crude oil 12.70%.
Grains was the worst-performing complex; soybeans
declined 18.40%, and soybean meal lost 15.85%.
Period Returns (%)
Asset Class QTR 1 Year 3 Years** 5 Years** 10 Years**
Commodities 0.40 7.35 -4.54 -6.40 -9.04
* Annualized
-1.32
-2.07
-3.14
-3.54
-5.93
-5.99
-9.69
-11.42
-12.52
-15.85
-18.40
16.18
12.70
11.53
10.00
8.23
7.20
6.37
5.64
4.21
3.76
2.52
Brent crude oil
WTI crude oil
Nickel
Heating oil
Aluminum
Unleaded gas
Live cattle
Cotton
Wheat
Natural gas
Lean hogs
Silver
Kansas wheat
Copper
Sugar
Gold
Coffee
Soybean oil
Corn
Zinc
Soybean meal
Soybeans
Ranked Returns for Individual Commodities (%)
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16. E+R=O, a Formula for Success¹
161. Jack Canfield, The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be (New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2004).
Combining an enduring investment philosophy with a simple
formula that helps maintain investment discipline can increase
the odds of having a positive financial experience.
“The important thing about an investment philosophy
is that you have one you can stick with.”
David Booth
Founder and Executive Chairman
Dimensional Fund Advisors
AN ENDURING INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY
Investing is a long-term endeavor. Indeed, people will spend decades pursuing
their financial goals. But being an investor can be complicated, challenging,
frustrating, and sometimes frightening. This is exactly why, as David Booth
says, it is important to have an investment philosophy you can stick with, one
that can help you stay the course.
This simple idea highlights an important question: How can investors, maintain
discipline through bull markets, bear markets, political strife, economic
instability, or whatever crisis du jour threatens progress towards their
investment goals?
Over their lifetimes, investors face many decisions, prompted by events that
are both within and outside their control. Without an enduring philosophy to
inform their choices, they can potentially suffer unnecessary anxiety, leading
to poor decisions and outcomes that are damaging to their long-term financial
well-being.
When they don’t get the results they want, many investors blame things outside
their control. They might point the finger at the government, central banks,
markets, or the economy. Unfortunately, the majority will not do the things that
might be more beneficial—evaluating and reflecting on their own responses to
events and taking responsibility for their decisions.
e+r=o
Some people suggest that among the characteristics that separate highly
successful people from the rest of us is a focus on influencing outcomes by
controlling one’s reactions to events, rather than the events themselves. This
relationship can be described in the following formula:
e+r=o (Event + Response = Outcome)
Simply put, this means an outcome—either positive or negative—is the result of
how you respond to an event, not just the result of the event itself. Of course,
events are important and influence outcomes, but not exclusively. If this were
the case, everyone would have the same outcome regardless of their response.
Let’s think about this concept in a hypothetical investment context. Say a major
political surprise, such as Brexit, causes a market to fall (event). In a panicked
response, potentially fueled by gloomy media speculation of the resulting
uncertainty, an investor sells some or all of his or her investment (response).
Lacking a long-term perspective and reacting to the short-term news, our
investor misses out on the subsequent market recovery and suffers anxiety
about when, or if, to get back in, leading to suboptimal investment returns
(outcome).
To see the same hypothetical example from a different perspective, a surprise
event causes markets to fall suddenly (e). Based on his or her understanding of
the long-term nature of returns and the short-term nature of volatility spikes
around news events, an investor is able to control his or her emotions (r) and
maintain investment discipline, leading to a higher chance of a successful
long-term outcome (o).
Second Quarter 2018
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Adapted from “E+R=O, a Formula for Success,” The Front Foot Adviser, by David Jones, Vice President and Head of Financial Adviser Services, EMEA.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. There is no guarantee investment strategies will be successful. Investing involves risks including possible loss of principal. Investors should talk to their financial advisor prior to making
any investment decision. There is always the risk that an investor may lose money. A long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit.
All expressions of opinion are subject to change. This article is distributed for informational purposes, and it is not to be construed as an offer, solicitation, recommendation, or endorsement of any particular security, products, or services.
This example reveals why having an investment philosophy is so important. By
understanding how markets work and maintaining a long-term perspective on
past events, investors can focus on ensuring that their responses to events are
consistent with their long-term plan.
THE FOUNDATION OF AN ENDURING PHILOSOPHY
An enduring investment philosophy is built on solid principles backed by
decades of empirical academic evidence. Examples of such principles might
be: trusting that prices are set to provide a fair expected return; recognizing the
difference between investing and speculating; relying on the power of
diversification to manage risk and increase the reliability of outcomes;
and benchmarking your progress against your own realistic long-term
investment goals.
Combined, these principles might help us react better to market events, even
when those events are globally significant or when, as some might suggest, a
paradigm shift has occurred, leading to claims that “it’s different this time.”
Adhering to these principles can also help investors resist the siren calls of
new investment fads or worse, outright scams.
THE GUIDING HAND OF A TRUSTED ADVISOR
Without education and training—sometimes gained from bitter experience—it
is hard for non-investment professionals to develop a cogent investment
philosophy. And even the most self-aware find it hard to manage their own
responses to events. This is why a financial advisor can be so valuable—by
providing the foundation of an investment philosophy and acting as an
experienced counselor when responding to events.
Investing will always be both alluring and scary at times, but a view of how to
approach investing combined with the guidance of a professional advisor can
help people stay the course through challenging times. Advisors can provide
an objective view and help investors separate emotions from investment
decisions. Moreover, great advisors can educate, communicate, set realistic
financial goals, and help their clients deal with their responses even to the
most extreme market events.
In the spirit of the e+r=o formula, good advice, driven by a sound philosophy,
can help increase the probability of having a successful financial outcome.
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