Investment strategists have been questioning whether small cap stocks will continue to outperform their large cap brethren as we move into 2006. And like so many things with investing, who really knows. As I see it, small caps will continue to outperform until they don't.
The profits are exceeding everyone's expectations. It's one of those rare moments in time where corporations really have earnings momentum.
We were pleased with our 2005 performance. We implemented certain enhancements to our domestic equity funds that we thought showed up in the results. The overwhelming majority are in the upper half of their peer groups.
Those two areas showed improvement, and I think we'll show more consistent results in the future.
Research shows that adding high-yield bonds to a diversified portfolio has the potential to increase return and reduce risk over the long term.
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