Welcome to TrendMap, your guide to the performance of different investment segments. In this edition, we present a 10-year performance tracker of various asset classes. By Sameer Bhardwaj.

International (developed country) stocks saw their returns bounce back in a big way last year. The asset class soared 35.2% in 2025, its largest return in at least 19 years. Emerging markets stocks ...

US stocks topped returns for the major asset classes in October, regaining the leadership position for the first time in five months, based on a set of ETFs. For year-to-date results, foreign stocks ...

Americans are often told to “invest for the long term,” but what exactly does that mean? Long-term investing is about focusing on goals that are still far off and ignoring short-term market gyrations ...

Explore how risk parity portfolios equitably allocate risk using leverage across asset classes, balancing performance and ...

Learn what financial instruments are, explore major types and asset classes, and understand how they work in investing, trading, and portfolio construction.

I recently wrote about how fund investors’ stake in US equity has drifted higher over the past decade. That increase owes mostly to US stocks’ standout returns over that period, rather than investors’ ...

Asset allocators in search of differentiated returns are turning a laser eye on asset-based finance, one of the most rapidly growing segments in the private credit markets. Asset-based private credit, ...

Stocks in emerging markets extended their rally in June, posting the strongest gain for the major asset classes last month, based on a set of ETFs. Year to date, foreign stocks in developed markets ...