Endowment Index™ Declines 0.36% During Q1 2018

APPLETON, Wis., April 9, 3018 /PRNewswire/ -- While 2017 was a year of steady improvement and unusually low volatility for global financial markets, the first quarter of 2018 ushered in a change in that environment.  The Endowment Index™ rose 5.51% through January 26^th, 2018 as investors focused on changes in U.S. tax policy and favorable corporate earnings.   Thereafter, concerns over rising U.S. interest rates translated into a correction in global markets that pushed the Index to its quarterly low of 1,231.44, (-2.34% YTD) on February 8^th.   Changes in U.S. trade policy with respect to tariffs put a damper on the ensuing bounce, and the Index closed nearly unchanged to end the quarter.

Eight of the Index's nineteen components posted gains during Q1, with natural resources-timber (+2.58%), gold (+2.09%), and emerging markets (+1.20%) posting the largest gains.  Of the eleven components posting declines, domestic real estate (-8.12%), natural resources- metals & mining (-4.18%), and emerging market bonds (-2.16%) posted the greatest declines.

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