FYI: U.S. investors ducked for cover—pushing equity funds to their first quarterly loss in
three—while evaluating the implications of a government shutdown, tighter U.S.
monetary policy, declining global growth, and uncertain U.S./China trade relations
during the quarter. For Q4 2018, the average equity fund posted a 13.39% loss, with
Lipper’s Mixed-Asset Funds macro-classification (-7.93%) mitigating losses better
than the other three major equity groups for the first quarter in 13.
Regards,
Ted
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