Daily Insights
Last day of the year. U.S. stocks are relatively unchanged on the last trading day of 2019. Stocks may meander into the New Year in the absence of market-moving headlines, capping an impressive year for many asset classes. The S&P 500 Index has climbed 29% year to date, poised for its best year since 2013.
Bonds’ big 2019. Fixed income prices jumped in 2019 in a tough year for yield-seeking investors. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index has risen 8.8% year to date, heading for its best year since 2002, amid a global rush into U.S. debt. That buying pressure weighed on the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which fell to a three-year low of 1.46% in September before rebounding to 1.88% on Monday.
End of a decade. It’s the last day of the decade, so we thought we’d do our own “decade challenge” for the S&P 500 today on the LPL Research blog. It has been an unprecedented 10 years for financial markets. At the end of 2009, the S&P 500 was nine months into what would be the longest bull market on record. Since then, the benchmark has almost tripled, riding a wave of economic growth, improved earnings, muted inflation, and central bank accommodation.
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