The Biggest Winners & Losers of the U.S Stock Market in 2019

The confluence of economic events brought about the rarest of performance from different asset classes

It has been a truly dynamic and rarest of years for global investors. Despite all the economic uncertainty surrounding the trade war and other macroeconomic factors, the returns across a wide spectrum of asset classes have been astounding. A complete U-turn from the bloodbath that we saw around Christmas of 2018 when everybody was expecting a global recession all certain to set in.

Performance Overview

Yet it is a year later and we have ended 2019 with the bull market in the U.S entering its 11th year this last October. One of the biggest things that the year will be remembered for is the gains in all three major U.S indices — the benchmark S&P 500 posted 28.5% gains, which is the 6th biggest ever & the second-best since 1998. Dow Jones (DJIA) recorded 22% gains while the tech-heavy Nasdaq was up a massive 37%.

Apart from the superior performance of the broader market, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury fell more than 0.75% with Gold & Oil both gaining roughly 10%. But this confluence of gains is a little unusual looking at the historical relationship between these different asset…