September 2019 Index Returns

Below are the monthly index returns for September 2019.

Some highlights include:

• Recession fears faded slightly in September from August, pushing up most equity indexes and lowering most fixed income indexes.
• US Small cap value (+5.1%) was the highest performing equity index for the month with US large cap value coming in second (+3.6%).  
• Yields fell slightly across the short part of the Treasury curve (up until the 1 year mark) and rose slightly for the rest of the curve, pushing down most fixed income indexes.
• High yield fixed income, which we know is more highly correlated to equity indexes, had the highest fixed income return for the month at +0.4%.
• All indexes are still positive YTD with most equity indexes over 10% and some even over 20%.

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