FYI: Trading volume was unusually heavy in January, driven by multiple macroeconomic events including the European Central Bank announcing quantitative easing measures, the continued sharp decline in oil prices, and the Swiss National Bank’s abandonment of their currency cap to the euro. For the month, the Wilshire 5000 Total Market IndexSM declined -2.77% while the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index was up 2.1%. In January the Wilshire Liquid Alternative IndexSM, which provides a representative baseline for how the broad liquid alternative investment category performs, returned 0.03%. The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Multi-strategy IndexSM, which includes both single manager and multi-manager funds, ended the month up 0.36%.
Regards,
Ted
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