The Market Barometer remains normal. The S&P 500 rose 4.5% in January while the international MSCI EAFE Index moved higher with a 5.3% increase for the month. Average US active equity fund returns posted a 5.7% gain while international active equity funds outperformed the index and posted an impressive 6.9% return during the first month of the year. US Active managers have underperformed by -3.2% while international active managers outperformed by 2.2% during over the past year.
Future Growth became the top performing one month US strategy, while Quantitative was the best performing one year strategy. On the international side, Economic Conditions emerged as the best performing one month strategy at 7.4%, while Risk was the best performing one year strategy at a loss of -2.5%.
Download the full report: Athena Perspectives – February 2012
