Courtesy of Doug Short
This past week was a downer across major world markets. The Nikkei 225 is the one index showing a fractional gain, but it was closed three of the last six market days. The DAX was down fractionally, but the other markets finished deeper in the red. The table below shows the three-week trend of the seven markets I’ve been tracking in this series.
The chart below illustrates the comparative performance of World Markets since March 9, 2009. The start date is arbitrary: The S&P 500 and BSE SENSEX hit their lows on March 9th, the Nikkei 225 on March 10th, the DAX on March 6th, the FTSE on March 3rd, the Shanghai Composite on November 4, 2008, and the Hang Seng even earlier on October 27, 2008. However, by aligning on the same day and measuring the percent change, we get a better sense of the relative performance than if we align the lows.
A Longer Look Back
Here is the same chart starting from the turn of 21st century. The relative over-performance of the emerging markets (Shanghai, Mumbai, Hang Seng) is readily apparent.
