1Q07 Global Market Performance: S&P 500 Underperforms

On the heels of a +1,000% increase in inflation, Zimbabwe's stock market returned over 600% in the first quarter of 2007.

Below we highlight the returns of the major equity markets (local currency) of 84 countries. Overall, 67 of the 84 countries were up for the quarter, and 65 performed better than the S&P 500.

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