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• U.S. markets were all negative this week, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.44% this week to 20,805.

• The best-performing fund so far for 2017 is Wasatch Emerging India Institutional (WIINX).

• Europe equities is the best-performing rolling-one-month mutual fund subcategory.

• Make sure to check out the previous edition of the Weekly Roundup to keep track of changing trends.

U.S. Equities – U.S. equity markets were down across the board. The Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased by 0.44% to 20,805, but it is still up 5.27% year-to-date. The S&P 500 decreased 0.38% for the week, closing at 2,382. Among the major indices, the NASDAQ Composite Index was this week’s worst performer, down 0.61% for the week to 6,084. However, the NASDAQ is still the best-performing index and is up 13.01%. Most of this week’s poor performance was due to the 372 point decline of the Dow Jones on Wednesday, the biggest one-day pullback of the year.

The real estate sector was this week’s top-performing area, up 1.23%. The sector is up slightly 2.92% on a year-to-date basis. This is led by companies like American Tower Corp. (AMT), which is up over 21% on a YTD basis.

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International Equities – International equities were a mixed bag this week. The MSCI Developed Index had an increase of 1.02%, while the MSCI Emerging Index had a decline of 0.63% for the week. Japan’s NIKKEI 225 broke its four-week positive trend and declined 1.47% to close at 19,591.

Commodities – The commodity sector showed gains this week, with crude oil increasing $2.49 per barrel and closing at $50.33 per barrel. The price of gold increased $27 per troy ounce to close at $1,253. Copper was also up $0.06 for the week to close at $2.58.

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Taxable Bonds – Treasury yields dropped except for the 2-year. The 2-year Treasury yield remained flat, while the 10-year saw a decrease of 8 bps. The 30-year showed the largest decline by 9 bps.

Municipal Bonds – Municipals had a decline across all maturities. The 2-year AAA-rated bonds dropped 5 bps, the 10-year AAA-rated bonds dropped 10 bps and the 30-year AAA-rated bonds dropped 11 bps. Municipal bond funds also continued into the sixth week of net positive fund flows with over $327 million of inflows. The largest credit spread among Treasury and Muni bonds widened to 47 bps for the 5-year securities.

The following table provides a list of the top-performing mutual fund subcategories for the previous week within the broader categories of the industry. In each of these subcategories, we have listed the top mutual funds based on the 1-month return generated as of May 19, 2017.

Top-performing fund: Wasatch Emerging India Institutional (WIINX)

This fund’s largest holding is in MakeMyTrip Limited (MMYT), which is up more than 59% YTD.

Top 5 Performers

The following table provides the top-performing mutual funds on a YTD basis as of May 19, 2017. Only those funds that are rated five stars by Morningstar and that generated YTD returns greater than equal to that achieved by the S&P 500 are included.

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