FYI: It has been two months of “happy new year” for U.S.-stock fund investors.
Thanks to the surprisingly strong start to 2019 for U.S. stocks, stock funds are shaking off last year’s slide, which had pushed the average diversified U.S.-stock fund to a decline of 7.7% for the year. It has all turned around: Such funds posted a return of 3.7% for February and were up nearly 13% for the first two months of this year, according to Thomson Reuters Lipper data.
International-stock funds rose 2.4% in February and were up 9.9% for the first two months.
Regards,
Ted
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-stock-funds-rose-3-7-in-february-11551669241?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=2