Your Oklahoma United Methodist Foundation is a resource for your church. The Foundation investment program can help ensure that endowments, scholarship funds, designated gifts and other long-term assets are administered appropriately by providing fiduciary oversight and long-term continuity.

The investment program seeks to preserve principal, maintain purchasing power, and provide reliable and sustainable income for the support of ministry. In addition, Foundation education materials and programming are available to assist your volunteer committees in building a strong and vital stewardship program.

To learn more, contact the Foundation office at 800-259-6863.

Investment Summary, Q1 – 2017

The markets continued to their post-election run. It was a solid quarter for absolute investment performance with all four broad asset allocation strategies of the Diversified/Endowment Investment Funds in positive territory:

  • U.S. Equities +5.4%     /   International Equities +8.6%
  • Fixed Income +2.0%   /   Inflation Protection Strategies +1.3%

 

The Funds out-performed peers in the Lipper Median due to:

  • Overweight to emerging market stocks in the international equity portfolio
  • Allocations to emerging market debt and high yield bonds in the fixed income portfolio
  Qtr Ended
March 31, 2017		   12 months Ended
March 31, 2017
Diversified Fund 4.8%   11.1%
Lipper Median* 3.9%   9.7%
Over (Under) Performance 0.9%   1.4%
       
Endowment Investment Fund 4.8%   11.1%
Lipper Median* 3.9%   9.7%
Over (Under) Performance 0.9%   1.4%
       
Fixed Income Fund 2.0%   4.2%
BC U.S. Aggregate 1.8%   0.5%
Over (Under) Performance 0.2%   3.7%
       
* – Median returns from the Lipper mutual fund universe for balanced funds in the asset class category. As of 3/31/2017, the universe consisted of

5,057 peers. Source: Wilshire Associates, Lipper, and Wespath

 

 

Notes: Historical returns are time-weighted and net of all fees. Returns greater than one year are annualized. Past performance is no guarantee of future returns.
 

 

Quarterly Funds Analysis

Endowment Investment Fund
Diversified Fund
Fixed Income Fund