For U.S. ETF Investors, No Place to Hide

For US investors, there aren’t any other country stock markets to hide in, as the two attached tables indicate (both show returns based on price and gross dividends).

The five best countries to own in the past 12 months have been: Israel, GCC countries, Switzerland, Japan, and Malaysia.

The five best countries to own in the past 10 years have been: Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil and Korea.

Comments

[stocks:]

Nice anlaysi Richard.

2008 Oct 27 10:50 AM

[Tom B:]

There are places to hide for non-US investors? Perhaps for extarterrestrials.

2008 Oct 28 09:52 AM

[rpritch99:]

Not clear to me, unless I'm missing something. Is, for example, an 8% increase shown for 10 years, for the total period, or per year? How can you make a chart without that info....

2008 Oct 28 03:27 PM

[QVM Group:]

rpritch99:
It is conventional that returns are expressed as annualized unless stated otherwise. This follows the convention

2008 Oct 28 09:35 PM

[QVM Group:]

TomB
You are right, no place for US persons, non-US persons or extraterrestrials to hide if their are investing in earthly stock markets

2008 Oct 28 09:36 PM