Our quarterly snapshot visualizes and ranks the performance of major stock market indices around Asia-Pacific. The graph gives a quick and comparative overview of recent developments and trends that could determine the direction of stock markets over the coming months. Continue reading “First Quarter Performance of APAC Markets – The Picture Has Changed”
Tag: Economy
A Look at GDP Growth in APAC
The year has started well for most Asian countries. However, the month of February showed that the trees will not grow into the sky. Investors around the globe became nervous and questioned more and more the continuation of the long-lasting bull market. Continue reading “A Look at GDP Growth in APAC”
A Dog Year Ahead: Wang! Wang! Wang!
Gong Xi Fa Cai! The 4716th Chinese year has just started. It is the year of the dog or more precisely the year of the ‘Yang Earth Dog.’ The dog follows the rooster for the next twelve lunar cycles in the Chinese lunar calendar. Continue reading “A Dog Year Ahead: Wang! Wang! Wang!”
APAC Markets: First Trends for 2018
The stock market performance in the first month of a year is supposed to have some predictive effect for the rest of the year. This is at least statistically proven for the US market. But we see also some evidence for other markets and want to start our regular stock market performance ranking by showing some first trends for the Asia-Pacific markets in January. Continue reading “APAC Markets: First Trends for 2018”
APAC’s Stock Market Valuation – Singapore Still Cheap
Our graph shows the valuation map for the different stock markets in Asia Pacific. The vertical axis of the graph shows the CAPE ratio. The horizontal axis shows the price-to-book ratio. The size of the bubbles indicates the market capitalization in USD of each country. Continue reading “APAC’s Stock Market Valuation – Singapore Still Cheap”
APAC Market Performance – Hong Kong remains No.1
Only three months left in this year 2017. Time for our quarterly snapshot of an APAC market performance ranking. October is known to be historically the month with the highest volatility in the year. November and December are often two well performing months due to the tendency of a year-end rally. Continue reading “APAC Market Performance – Hong Kong remains No.1”