'08 & '09--Foreign Countries Market Performances YTD - Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat

thegreatgate · #1 01-27-2009, 09:28 AM

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2008 Country Returns

Below we provide 2008 performance numbers for the major equity indices of 84 countries. As shown, 32 of the 84 countries were down more than 50% in 2008, while just three countries finished in the green -- Ghana, Tunisia, and Ecuador. Iceland was down by far the most, losing nearly all of its value at with a decline of 94.43%. Of the G-7 countries, the UK did the best with a loss of 31.33%, followed by Canada (-35%), and the US (-38.5%). With a decline of 48.4%, Italy was the weakest of the G-7 countries. At the start of 2008, the decoupling trade was all the rage, as emerging markets such as Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) were supposed to hang in there much better due to continued growth prospects. When all was said and done though, of the BRIC countries, only Brazil did better than any of the G-7 countries, while India, China, and Russia were all down more than 50%.

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2009 Country Stock Market Performance -- Things Already Aren't Pretty

Of the 84 country equity indices that we track, 19 are up so far this year, which is at least better than we could say for 2008. As shown, China is currently the second best performing country so far this year, with a gain of 9.33%. Another BRIC country that is currently in the black for 2009 is Brazil, with a gain of 2.49%. But 19 countries in the black means that 65 countries are already in the red, and some are bleeding pretty badly. Seventeen countries are down more than 10%, including G-7 countries Germany and Japan. Canada is the best performing G-7 country so far in 2009 with a decline of 3.50%. Puerto Rico has seen the biggest loss -- falling by 34%.

thegreatgate · #2 03-27-2009, 12:35 AM

I think we are about where we were first week of February. The South American countries are doing very impressive. Of the 84 countries listed, Peru is 2nd, Venezuela (of all countries) is 3rd, Brazil in 8th, Chile 11th, Colombia 12th, Argentina 17th out of 84. Ecuador 28th. Not too bad.

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2009 Country Performance; BRIC Countries All In The Black

Below we highlight the year to date equity market performance of 84 countries. The unweighted average return of all 84 countries is -6.04%. Twenty-one countries are up year to date, while 62 are down. One positive that can be drawn from this table is that all four BRIC countries are now in the black for 2009. These countries were the leaders during the last bull market, and they have also been some of the biggest decliners during the bear. The fact that these key countries are now trending upward is a sign that global investors are beginning to take more risk. China is up the most of all countries at 29.71%, while Russia is up 19.11%, Brazil is up 12.13%, and India is up 3.69%.

Unfortunately, all of the G-7 countries are still in the red year to date. Canada has been the best among them, while Italy has been the worst. With a decline of 9.11% year to date, the US is performing slightly worse than the unweighted average of all countries.