FYI: The past year felt dismal for investors. Even worse, the gloom was all-encompassing.
Mutual funds of all types sank. Even those funds that are typically steadier during turbulent markets struggled through what became the worst year since the Great Recession for many investors.
Stock, bond and commodity markets all succumbed to worries about rising interest rates, a predicted slowdown in economic growth and the potentially painful effects of the global trade war. That meant losses not only for investors who went all-in on U.S. stock funds, which looked unstoppable after notching their best January in two decades, but also for those who hewed to the traditional advice and diversified their 401(k) accounts across many different markets.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/no-refuge-for-investors-even-safe-funds-fell-in-2018/2019/01/03/00761fe6-0f75-11e9-8f0c-6f878a26288a_story.html?utm_term=.23a082d0f871
