The US Outperforms; Energy Commodities Struggle

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Below is a table from this week's newsletter highlighting recent asset class performance using ETFs.  The outperformance of the US versus the rest of the world in 2012 is very apparent in the table.  Oil's (USO) struggles in 2012 are apparent too, as it's now the second worst performer on the entire list behind natural gas (UNG).