Each year iShares releases the updated Single Country Index Returns chart. The latest version of this chart for Developed Markets from 2002 to 2011 is shown below:
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A few observations:
- Australia, Norway, Singapore and Canada have the highest 10-year annualized returns of over 11.0%.
- The 10-year annualized returns for the U.S. is of over 3.0%.
- Except 2008 and 2011, Canada performed better than the U.S. every year.
The chart for Emerging Markets from 2002 to 2011 is shown below:
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A few observations:
- The frontier market of Peru was one of the best performing markets for most of the years with double digit returns and had the second highest 10-year annualized returns of about 30.0%.
- While the U.S. had a 10-year annualized returns over 3.0% neighboring Mexico returned about 15.0%.
- The high risk of investing emerging markets was confirmed during the financial crisis of 2008 when each of the BRIC countries fell over 50% with Russia crashing by about 74%.
Source: iShares
Related article:
Single Country Index Returns: Developed and Emerging Markets 2001 – 2010
Single Country Index Returns: Developed and Emerging Markets 2004 – 2013
Some related ETFs:
iShares MSCI Canada Index (EWC)
iShares MSCI Australia Index (EWA)
iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund (EWG)
iShares MSCI Singapore Index Fund (EWS)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
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