U.S. equities fared very poorly in the lost decade with the nominal S&P 500 stock price down 20% for the decade excluding dividends. The graphic below shows the performance of the S&P 500 index by decades: Click to enlarge Source: A lost decade for stocks. Will next one be better?, Christian Science Monitor While U.S. …
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The chart below shows the performance of the various Russell Global Index Sectors from 2000 thru 2010: Click to enlarge Source: Russell Investments Some observations: Due to the boom in commodity markets in the past decade materials and processing has been one of the consistent top performing sector. Since the credit crisis, the technology sector …
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The chart below shows the performance of the various Russell Global Market Cap Indices from 1999 thru 2010: Click to enlarge Source: Russell Investments Some observations: In the period shown, emerging market small caps have been the best performers in most years. For most years, developed market large caps have been the weakest …
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The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns Chart for the period 1984-2003 is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates For the Callan charts of 2010 click here.
Callan Associates has published their famous Periodic Table of Investment Returns for 2010. The chart below shows the annual returns for key indices from 1991 thru 2010 ranked in the order of performance: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates Some observations: 1. After raking up double digit gains in 2009, markets around the world gained …
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