The Absolute Return Distressed Index has produced a median return of 10.58% through October.
July has historically been the best month for energy stocks, climbing more than 3 percent on a median return basis.
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With the Spyder Trust ( SPY) already up 9.3% this year, stocks have exceeded that yearly average and are approaching the median return of 10.39%.
When gold was up by more than 20% over a five-year period, the median return from large-cap American stocks in the same era was just 2.1%.
The median postbuyback return was about equal to the returns (over the same dates) of companies that did not repurchase.
Around 68% of Carlyle's private-equity funds have exceeded the median fund return for their type, according to Preqin, a research firm.
The median total return for the 100 companies, including share price and dividends, rose 22% last year but only 7% in 2011, the study notes.
To return median single-family house prices to the long-term trend takes another 20% drop from here.
And when gold fell by more than 20%, the median large-cap return was 99%.
Yet, for the 25 pension funds in the survey, the median 10-year return was a measly 3.15 percent ending in June 2011.
Postwar, the median time for real GDP to return to its prerecession high has been five quarters.
Although the median pension did show a positive return for the period, it significantly underperformed a simple portfolio of index funds.
The median 401(k) account rate of return (not including new contributions) was 24.3% in 2009, compared to a negative 28.3% in 2008.
The median fund in this group had a 17% return, and even the five poorest-performing funds posted gains.
To return to the 1990 multiple, the median price of a home would have had to drop another 7.2% below 2010 levels.
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For the full year, the median core bond manager posted a 6.13% return, 1.9% ahead of the index.
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