Bitcoin is Now the Seventh Largest Asset in the World

Bitcoin has had an incredible in the past few years. Last month the crypto asset crossed $111,000 and was briefly the fifth largest asset in the world. Currently Bitcoin is trading at $104,171. This put Bitcoin as the seventh largest asset globally as shown in the table below. Gold is the number asset at over …

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Bull vs. Bear Markets for Global Stocks from 1980 to 2024: Chart

Markets go thru many phases of bull and bear markets over decades. Though bear markets are difficult to handle, bull markets tend to be longer. For example, from 1980 to 2024 global stocks as represented by the MSCI World Index had bull markets whose duration were four times that of bear markets. In addition, the …

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Asset Class Returns From 2010 To 2024: Chart

In earlier posts we looked at the return charts for emerging markets, developed markets and the S&P 500 for 2024. In this post, let’s review the annual returns chart for asset classes from 2010 to 2024. Last year, large caps were the top performers while the worst performer was high yield bonds with a return …

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Emerging Markets Returns by Country 2010 to 2024: Chart

Emerging Markets Returns by Country for the period from 2010 to 2024 was recently published by Novel Investor. Taiwan was the best performer last year due to the strong performance of the semiconductor sector. The Taiwanese market is dominated by the semiconductor sector and especially chip-maker Taiwan Semiconductor Co (TSM). Former BRICS champion, Brazil was …

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