Knowledge is Power: Stock Market Party, Investment Returns, Non-US Techs Edition

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Came across an interesting Singapore fact posted at The Marginal Revolution blog. In 2016, Singapore police reported 135 total days without any crimes. Comparing crimes between the island country of Singapore and the US would be a fascinating exercise. Incidentally, murders in New York city last year declined to under 300, one of the lowest in decades.

Below are some good reads for the weekend:

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The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1998-2017

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Callan Associates has released their famous “The Periodic Table of Investment Returns” for 2017. This chart shows the performance of  stocks, bonds, US and foreign stocks, etc. by year.

The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1998-2017 is shown below:

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Source: Callan Associates

Download: The Callan Periodic Table of Investment Returns 1998-2017 (in pdf)

A few observations:

Emerging markets were the best performing market last year with tThe MSCI Emerging Markets Index up over 37%. The S&P 500 returned around 22% but US growth stocks performed even better.

Earlier:

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Single Country Annual Total Returns Of Emerging Markets From 2003 To 2017

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We looked at the annual total returns for developed markets from 2003 thru 2017 chart yesterday. The following chart shows the data for emerging markets from 2003 thru 2017 based on MSCI index returns.

Poland was the top performer last year with a return of over 55% while Pakistan had the worst return with a loss of nearly 24%.

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Source: Novel Investor