Investing in emerging markets is riskier than investing in developed markets. One way to reduce risk and still gain from these markets is by diversifying part of one’s portfolio among a bunch of emerging markets. The best performing market in one year can easily become the worst next year. The following annual returns chart for …
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The S&P Sector Performance chart for the year 2025 was published by Novel Investor recently. This chart shows the annual total returns of the various sectors in the S&P 500 index from 2011 to 2025. Tech was the best performer as represented by the communications (TELS) and information technology(INFT) sector and the worst performer was …
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Novel Investor has updated their annual returns chart for the developed markets from 2011 to 2025. The top performing market among the developed markets in 2024 was Spain with a total return of over 83% followed by Austria and Finland. The worst performer was Denmark followed by New Zealand. Click to enlarge Note: All returns …
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U.S. Global Investors have updated their popular The Periodic Table of Commodities Returns chart with 2025 data. Silver was the top performing commodity last year with a return of over 145% followed by other precious metals like Platinum, Palladium and Gold. Crude oil lost about 20%. This year crude oil may bounce back again. Click …
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Australian stocks have had an average annual return of 12.98% in the past 125 years through 2024 based on returns on the ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation index. In that time period, most of the years had a positive return. Only 24 years or 19% of the time had negative returns. Click to enlarge Source: Market …
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