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U.S. investors pushed equity funds to their strongest quarterly gains since Q4 2010 while hanging on every bit of news concerning the U.S./China trade negotiations and Federal Reserve Board meetings during the quarter. For Q1 2019, the average equity fund posted a 12.64% gain, with Lipper’s U.S. Diversified Equity Funds (USDE) macro-classification (+13.27%) outpacing the other three major equity groups for the second quarter in three. In this segment, I highlight the Q1 and March 2019 performance results for equity mutual funds and ETFs.
Summary:
- For Q1 2019, equity funds (+12.64% on average) posted their strongest quarterly returns in 33 quarters. Lipper’s U.S. Diversified Equity (USDE) Funds macro-classification (+13.27%) jumped to the top of the leaderboard for the second quarter in three, followed by Sector Equity Funds (+12.98%), World Equity Funds (+11.29%), and Mixed-Asset Funds (+8.21%).
- The Sector Equity Funds macro-classification housed two of the five best performing classifications in the equity universe for Q1, with Global Science & Technology Funds (+20.52%) leading the macro-group.
- The World Equity Funds macro-classification was propped up by strong returns from China Region Funds (+19.57%).
- Mid-cap (+15.98%) and growth-oriented (+17.36%) domestic equity funds outpaced the other capitalization and style groups for Q1.
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