The following chart shows the annual returns for individual developed countries from 199 thru 2018. Since 2008, the US has been the best performing market for four years. In 2018, global export-driven countries like Germany and Canada were the worst performers.Overall the chart below shows the importance of diversification since no country is the consistent …

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The Periodic Table of Emerging Markets for 2018 was recently published by US Global Investors. This chart is similar to The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns but is specifically designed for emerging markets. In 2018, the best performing emerging market was Russia with a loss of about 1.5% followed by India and Brazil. Among …

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The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns is published every year by U.S. Global Investors. While The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns shows the returns for various asset classes this table is specific to review the returns of commodities. The latest edition of commodities returns table including the returns for 2018 is shown in the …

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Callan has published their latest edition of The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns with data from 1999 thru 2018. The table was first created by Jay Kloepfer and published in 1999. Since then the table has become widely popular as it is an excellent tool to analyze the importance of diversification among various asset classes. Updated: The …

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