2008 Country Returns
Below we highlight stock market performance for 86 countries (local currency). So far this year, 30 out of the 86 country indices are up, while 56 are down. Ghana is up the most at 44.67%, followed by Oman, Qatar, Jordan, Puerto Rico, Kuwait and Costa Rica. Vietnam, Bulgaria, China and Romania are down the most.
The S&P 500 is down 3.05% on the year, which ranks 37th on the list.
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Below we provide a chart of the best and worst performing countries in 2008 -- Ghana and Vietnam.
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This article has 6 comments:
or is it converted to a common usd standard?
Sykes
Satchu
Visually this is the equivalent of being smacked in the face. There is a new world out there a la Columbus when he found America. The rewards for the Intrepid Investor are in the Frontier markets.
Aly-Khan Satchu
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