2020 Q4 Market Review

This review features world capital market performance and a timeline of events for the past quarter, as well as an annual review for 2020.

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Market Summary

World Stock Market Performance

These headlines are not offered to explain market returns. Instead, they serve as a reminder that investors should view daily events from a long-term perspective and avoid making investment decisions based solely on the news.

World Asset Classes

Equity markets around the globe posted positive returns in the fourth quarter. Looking at broad market indices, emerging markets outperformed non-US developed markets and US equities.

Value outperformed growth across regions. Small caps outperformed large caps across regions as well.

REIT indices underperformed equity market indices in both the US and non-US developed markets.

2020 Year In Review

Annual Market Review

Annual World Asset Classes

Equity markets around the globe posted positive returns in 2020. Looking at broad market indices, US equities outperformed emerging and non-US developed markets.

Value underperformed growth across regions. Small caps outperformed large caps in non-US developed and emerging markets but underperformed in the US.

REIT indices underperformed equity market indices in both the US and non-US developed markets.

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