This article contains tables for 2024 performance across most of the major indices and assets I track in EMC. I have also included some information on currency pairings. Each table contains data for historical returns or levels back to 2019 or 2020.
As far as traditional assets, 2024 was a great year to be in stocks and a horrible year to be in intermediate- or longer-duration US Treasuries. Corporate credit had positive returns, much better in high yield bonds than investment grade bonds. Money-market yields (proxy 30-day UST bills) averaged above 5%/annum for the second year running, although it seems clear we are past the peak. Gold delivered another year of strong returns, albeit nowhere near those of Bitcoin, which really took off after the U.S. election.
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