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U.S. Bonds – Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond TR USD
The index measures the performance of future contracts on physical commodities which are
traded on US exchanges and the London Metal Exchange. The commodity weightings are
based on production and liquidity, subject to weighting restrictions applied annually.
Foreign Bonds – FTSE WGBI Non-USD Hedged USD
The index measures the performance of investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS. It rolls up into other Bloomberg flagship indices, such as the multi-currency Global Aggregate Index and the U.S. Universal Index, which includes high yield and emerging markets debt.
U.S. Stocks – S&P 500 TR USD
The index measures the performance of fixed-rate, local currency, investment-grade sovereign
bonds of all WGBI countries except the United States and is stated in US dollar terms. It is a
subset of Citigroup World Government Bond Index (WGBI).
Foreign Stocks - FTSE World Stocks ex US TR USD
The FTSE All-World ex US Index is a free-float, market-capitalization–weighted index designed to measure the performance of large-cap and mid-cap stocks across developed and emerging markets worldwide — excluding the United States.
Liquid Alternatives - Wilshire Liquid Alternative TR USD
Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index aims to deliver a precise, broad market measure for the performance of diversified liquid alternative investment strategies that are implemented in mutual fund structures.
Commodities – Bloomberg Commodity TR USD
The index measures the performance of 500 widely held stocks in US equity market. Standard and Poor's chooses member companies for the index based on market size, liquidity and industry group representation. Included are the stocks of industrial, financial, utility, and transportation companies. Since mid-1989, this composition has been more flexible and the number of issues in each sector has varied. It is market capitalization-weighted.
Global Properties – S&P Global Property TR USD
The S&P Global Property Index is a float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of publicly traded property companies globally.
Near Cash - ICE BofA 1-3 Month US Treasury TR USD
ICE BofA 1-3 Month US Treasury TR USD is intended to track the total-return performance of U.S. Treasury securities with very short maturities (between 1 and 3 months).
Cryptocurrencies - S&P Cryptocurrency MegaCap CME FT TR USD
A basket tracking the two largest digital assets (Bitcoin and Ethereum). Designed to measure the
performance of the futures market on Bitcoin and Ethereum traded on the CME Group