Last week, U.S. Stocks and Foreign Stocks increased.  Bonds decreased.  During the last 12 months, BONDS outperformed STOCKS.

Returns through 3-4-2016                                                1-week        Y-T-D        1-Year       3-Year     5-Year     10-Year
Bonds- BarCAp Aggregate Index                                        -.2                1.7               1.6              2.1            3.6           4.7
US Stock-Standard & Poor’s 500                                        2.7              -1.7              -2.6           11.8            11.0           6.7
Forgein Stocks- MS EAFE Developed Countries             4.7             -4.7             -10.1             2.1           1.5           2.0

Source: Morningstar Workstation. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.  Indices are unmanaged and cannot be invested into directly.  Three, five and ten year returns are annualized excluding dividends.

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