Asset Classes Defined

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			Asset Classes Defined Mary Rowland Decision Center

	.......................................... BACK TO MAIN Asset Allocation Lets You Match Risk and Return		Cash Equivalents Money market funds and U.S. Treasury bills Bonds Short-term bonds (3- to 5-year maturity rates) Intermediate-term bonds (5- to 10-year maturity rates) U.S. Small Company Stocks Growth Value Micro (invests in tiny companies) U.S. Large Company Stocks Core, such as the S&P 500 Stock Index Growth Value Yield, such as an equity-income fund International Developed countries Emerging markets Inflation Hedges Natural resources funds Real estate funds Energy funds Specialty Sector funds
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