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”
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What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in 2017
What would have a 100K USD, EUR or local currency investment returned to an investor in 2017 if he or she would have invested in one of the Asia-Pacific equity markets? In our regular snapshot, we rank the performance of Asia Pacific’s stock markets on a USD, EUR, and local currency basis. Continue reading “What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in 2017”
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”
What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in H1 2017
What would have a 100K USD, EUR or local currency investment returned to an investor in the first six months of 2017 if he or she would have invested in one of the Asia-Pacific equity markets? In our regular snapshot, we rank the performance of Asia Pacific’s stock markets on a USD, EUR, and local currency basis. Continue reading “What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in H1 2017”
First Quarter Performance of APAC Markets – India, Singapore and Hong Kong Ahead
The visualization and ranking of index performances with bar charts gives a quick comparative view on recent markets trends and an outlook for the rest of the year. We observed that many trends develop in January (see also: APAC Markets – First Trends for 2017) and last until the end of the year, provided that no significant incidences and turbulences will occur. Continue reading “First Quarter Performance of APAC Markets – India, Singapore and Hong Kong Ahead”
APAC Markets – First Trends for 2017
For the US market, the January is believed to be a month with a predictive effect for rest of the year. The theory says that the direction of the S&P 500 during the month of January predicts the overall orientation of the stock market for the rest of year. Continue reading “APAC Markets – First Trends for 2017”