Investors in US equities are becoming increasingly worried about high valuations as the bull market continues to roar with nothing unable to stop it. From North Korean political tensions to US political drama such as the shutdown, the Russian investigation of manipulation of US elections, etc. stocks seem immune to fall. While investors have focused …

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The Periodic Table of Emerging Markets for 2017 showing the annual returns is shown below: Click to enlarge Source: US Funds Poland was the best performing market last year with a return of over 55%.Due to the oil prices Russia was the worst performing major emerging market with a return of 6.20%. Soaring copper prices …

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The Periodic Table of Commodity Returns for 2017 is shown below. Similar to the Callan chart for equities, this table shows the annual performance of commodities. Click to enlarge Source: US Funds Last year Palladium was the top performer with a return of over 56%. Copper, an important metal that is considered as the barometer …

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In earlier posts we saw the Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns for key indices, global equity indices and the famous annual periodic table for 2017. Below is the chart for US equity investment returns for the period 1997-2016: Click to enlarge Source: Callan Associates The above chart shows the benefits of diversification between various equity …

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The Callan Chart for The Annual Returns of Global Equity Indices from 1997 thru 2016 are shown in the chart below: Click to enlarge Note: The returns shown above are based on MSCI Index returns Source: Callan Associates Download: The Periodic Table Collection – Rankings of Assorted Indices and Strategies,  Callan Associates