It doesn’t get much better than this for US stocks… or does it? Hold that thought as we take a brief tour of the major asset classes by way of ETF proxies. By this accounting, the US stock market remains on a tear, surging higher by 22% so far this year on a total-return basis through August 5. Foreign stocks in developed markets are looking stronger too, although the year-to-date rise of around 11% still pales next to US equities.