The S&P 500 is up by 19% YTD on price basis. Including dividends it has increased by 21.05%. The following stocks reached a new 52-week high yesterday:

With that said, below are some interesting reads for the weekend:

• The disadvantage of the index funds: They do not kick board members Note: In German. So use Google Translate (Tim Schaefer) and see The good, the bad and the uncertain: Passive investing’s impact on financial stability(Canadian Investment Review)
• Global Equities: Keeping Balance in a Wobbly World (Alliance Bernstein)
• ‘Health care will keep us from going back to the U.S.,’ says Texas couple who retired to Spain on $2,000 a month (Marketwatch)
• ETFs: How Much Do They Really Cost? (Schwab)
• Eastern European stocks are a bargain (MoneyWeek)
• Why New Technology Is A Hard Sell (Morgan Housel)
• Frontier markets – mainstream opportunity? (Aberdeen)
• Why you should keep calm and carry on when stockmarkets fall (MoneyObserver)
• 3 Health Care stocks we like today (Manning & Napier)
• 3 things that might surprise you about quality stocks (Blackrock)

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Gold Jewelry on display at The National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece