Global Stock Markets

Ghana's stock exchange has been the best performing of the 84 countries listed below year to date (local currency).  Ghana is followed by Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Tunisia and Costa Rica on the upside.  Morocco, UAE, Ecuador, Venezuela, Slovakia, Jamaica and Bahrain make up the rest of the 14 countries that are positive so far this year. 

With just 14 countries in the black this year, 83% are in the red.  Vietnam leads the declines at -52.6%, but China isn't too far behind with a decline of 47.89%.  On the eve of the Olympics in Beijing, China's poor stock market performance has not been talked about much in recent months.  China is followed by the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Ireland, Romania and Greece.  The unweighted average decline for the 84 countries below is -15.04% year to date.  At -14.69%, the S&P 500 is doing just slightly better than the average this year.

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Comments

[Lisa:]

How do you invest in Ghana? :-)

2008 Aug 04 04:12 PM