Friday, July 6, 2012

Flex Portfolio Performance Through June 2012

After a terrible month of May, the U.S. stock markets had a terrific month of June.  Our "Flex" portfolios continue to provide reduced volatility and are tracking closely their customized/blended benchmarks in the near-term while significantly out-performing the stock markets and the blended benchmarks for the 3-, 5- and 10-year periods.  Data is below:


US and Foreign Stocks 1 mo 3 mo YTD 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
Stock Markets (50/40/10) 3.3% -4.5% 6.3% -3.6% 10.9% 11.1% -2.3% 6.1%
S&P 500 4.1% -2.8% 9.5% 5.5% 17.4% 16.4% 0.2% 5.3%
MSCI EAFE 7.0% -7.1% 3.0% -13.8% 6.0% 6.0% -6.1% 5.1%
Barclays Aggregate Bond--US 4.0% 2.1% 2.4% 7.5% 5.7% 6.9% 6.8% 5.6%
Barclays Aggregate Bond--Global 0.5% 0.6% 1.5% 2.7% 6.6% 6.0% 6.7% 6.5%









Moderately Aggressive Benchmark 4.5% -3.5% 5.4% -2.2% 10.8% 10.4% -0.7% 5.7%
80 Flex III 3.0% -2.3% 4.8% -1.8% 9.4% 10.7%

80 Flex II 2.9% -2.8% 4.8% -1.1% 9.5% 11.1% 6.7% 10.4%
80 Fidelity 4.4% -3.6% 5.7% -2.8% 10.7% 10.5% -0.8% 5.7%









Moderate Benchmark 4.8% -2.4% 4.9% -0.1% 10.1% 10.0% 1.4% 6.2%
60 Flex III 1.9% -1.2% 5.0% -0.2% 8.3% 10.0%

60 Flex II 3.7% -2.2% 5.2% -0.5% 9.0% 10.6% 7.1% 10.1%
60 Fidelity 3.3% -2.3% 4.8% -0.5% 9.3% 9.3% 0.9% 5.6%









Moderately Conservative Benchmark 1.8% 0.7% 3.6% 2.7% 8.6% 8.3% 3.4% 6.1%
40 Flex III 2.0% -0.5% 5.2% -0.9% 7.5% 9.4%

40 Flex II 2.0% -0.7% 5.2% 1.3% 7.6% 9.6% 7.8% 9.5%
40 Fidelity 1.8% -0.8% 4.0% 2.5% 7.8% 8.2% 2.7% 5.6%









Asset Allocation Cash Stock Bond Other



80 Flex II 21% 52% 15% 12%



60 Flex II 25% 39% 27% 9%



40 Flex II 29% 26% 38% 7%