This month, World Bank released the “Battling the forces of global recession” , an economic update for the East Asia and Pacific Region report. The following are some interesting charts from this report that show the effects of the current global recession on these countries : 1. Industrial Production Taiwan is the worst affected country …
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The Top Top 10 Emerging Market Equity Returns in 2008 is shown below in this colorful chart from Lazard. Also listed below is the top 5 best and worst performing markets in 2008. 1.Top 10 Emerging Market Returns Chart (1993-2008): Morocco, Colombia and Israel were the three top countries. 2. The Top 5 Best and …
Callan Associates, famous for its Periodic Table of Investment Returns also called the Callan Charts, has published the chart for 2008. Some key points from last year’s chart: The US markets performed better than the international developed markets While the S&P was down 37%, the MSCI EAFE Index which measures the developed markets of Europe, …
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Checkout the following charts: 1.The Callan Period Table of Investment Returns (1988-2007) Callan-2008 2. Callan’s – Equity Return of Developed Markets Chart