One of the traits common to most investors worldwide is the concept of “home bias” with respect to investments. Home bias simply means investors prefer to invest in their home countries than in foreign countries since they may be more familiar with the companies located in their countries than abroad. However following this strategy may …
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The largest Chinese firms by revenues from the Fortune Global 500 list for 2012 are listed below: Source: Fortune Global 500, Fortune
Frontier markets which includes countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya etc. are outperforming emerging markets so far this year according to a report in FT beyondbrics blog quoting Citi research. The chart below shows how many frontier countries are beating emerging countries: Click to enlarge: Source: Frontier markets: handle with care, FT beyondbrics From the …
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Emerging equity markets are lagging the performance of developed markets this year. The year-to-date price returns as of May 31st of some of the major emerging and developed indices are listed below: S&P 500: 14.3% UK’s FTSE 100: 11.6% France’s CAC 40: 8.4% Germany’s DAX: 9.7% China’s Shanghai Composite: 1.4% India’s Bombay Sensex: 1.7% Brzail’s …
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The U.S. equity market is one of the best performing market among developed countries so far this year. For example, the S&P 500 is up by 14.35% on price return basis and 15.37% on total return basis year-to-date. Financials have skyrocketed with the sector in the index up by over 20%. Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary …