Most of the emerging market equity indices are down so far this year. In addition to domestic factors, the European debt crisis and worries about the state of the global economy have pulled down emerging markets. Emerging markets such as Brazil, Peru and Chile are off by double digits YTD. The MSCI index returns for …
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The periodic table of investment returns for country indices annual returns from 2001 to 2010 are shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Source: Skloff Financial Group Some observations: In the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008, the BRIC countries were some of the hardest hit countries with the Russian market loosing nearly …
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At the height of the global financial crisis in 2008 many banks in the developed world were on the edge of failure. To protect the financial system from total collapse, governments bailed out most of these institutions by injecting billions of dollars in capital. Some of these banks were bailed out by foreign banks and …
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The chart below shows the year-to-date(YTD) performance of the S&P 500 and the major indices of most global markets: Click to enlarge Some observations: With a loss of 4.6% YTD for the S&P 500, U.S. stocks are relatively performing better than the stocks of other developed economies. Equities in Italy and Spain have entered the …
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In the past 12 months, the Russian equity market has outperformed the markets of Brazil, India and China. In addition, the RTS Index has also outperformed the U.S. and UK markets. From INVESTMENT EXTRA: A bull market for the Russian bear: Robin Geffen, fund manager and chief executive of Neptune Investment Management notes the following …
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