US Stocks Continue To Top Global Markets In 2024
American shares suffered their deepest weekly decline in more than a year last week, but the setback wasn’t enough to dethrone US stocks as the world’s top-performing asset class in 2024. Based on a set of ETFs tracks the major asset classes through Friday’s close (Sep. 6), US equities are still leading the field by a wide margin.
Vanguard Total US Stock Market (VTI) is up 13.1% in 2024. While that’s well off the 18% year-to-date rise the ETF enjoyed at several points earlier in the summer, the current advance still leaves the performance crown firmly in place.