The structural slowdown in
global economic growth and dramatic drop in
bond yields represent a paradigm shift that is forcing a rethink of portfolio allocations.
Notes: U.S. stocks
represented by Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index through April 2005, MSCI US Broad Market Index through June 2013 and CRSP US Total Market Index thereafter; emerging markets stocks are
represented by MSCI Emerging Markets Index; REITs by FTSE NAREIT Equity REIT Index; dividend stocks by Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index; commodities by S&P GSCI Commodity Index; high
yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond I
yield bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High
Yield Bond Index; emerging markets bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international bonds by Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond I
Yield Bond Index; emerging markets
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays EM USD Aggregate Index; investment - grade corporate
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Index; U.S. Treasury
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury
Bond Index; Hedge fund index by HFRI fund - weighted total return Index and international
bonds by Bloomberg Barclays
Global Aggregate ex-USD
Bond Index.