2011 Stock Market Performance

I sent a brief summary of how the stock market has performed to present and past clients and wanted to share with anyone else who might be interested in a very concise presentation.

Index levels are from finance.google.com except for MSCI EAFE which came from www.bloomberg.com.

The market hasn't been great this last quarter, but it sure has beaten the rates one would get on certificates of deposit over the last 6 months.

Index	12/31/2010	3/31/2011	6/30/2011	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	2011 Chg.
Dow Jones Industrial Average	11,577.51	12,319.74	12,414.34	6.4%	0.8%	7.2%
S & P 500	1,257.64	1,325.83	1,320.64	5.4%	-0.4%	5.0%
NASDAQ	2,652.87	2,781.07	2,773.52	4.8%	-0.3%	4.5%
MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East)	1,649.69	1,702.55	1,708.08	3.2%	0.3%	3.5%