Retirement Income Advisers,Inc. - 2nd Quarter 2010 : Article: 2nd Quarter 2010

Quarterly Recap - 2010 Second Quarter

Market Indices¹	2Q Quarter Change	Year-to-Date (6/30/10)
S&P 500	-11.9%	-7.6%
NASDAQ Composite	-12.0%	-7.1%
Dow Jones Industrial Average	-10.0%	-6.3%

In a reversal from the first quarter, most market indexes moved lower in the second quarter of 2010. Several indexes entered into “corrections,” generally defined as drops of more than 10%. Concerns over sovereign debt loads, particularly in Europe, were the main driver of the weak performance. Some strategists are predicting further declines while others see the recent correction as a buying opportunity. International and emerging markets indexes underperformed domestic indexes as most of the problems were centered outside of the U.S. There was little differentiation in the performance of value versus growth stocks as both categories suffered in the recent downturn. Similarly, stocks across the market cap spectrum (small, mid, and large cap) performed in a similar fashion.

Several sectors within the bond markets experienced different results. Higher risk areas with more exposure to individual corporations, such as high yield and corporate credit, generally saw small declines as investors pared back their risk exposure. Treasuries, however, saw small gains as the flight to quality returned.

Prepared by:

Cameron Lavey, Senior Investment Analyst
Research Department, Cetera Financial Group

1. Wall Street Journal 7/01/10

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