What would have a 100K EUR or USD investment returned to an investor in 2016 when he or she would have invested in one of the Asia Pacific equity markets? Our regular snapshot ranks the performance of APAC‘s stock markets in 2016 on a USD and EUR base.
Best return with 24.2% has received an EUR based investor with Thailand stocks last year. Continue reading “What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in 2016”
Our regular snapshot of APAC Market Performance ranking confirms our expectations from earlier this year (see our blog post: First Quarter Performance of APAC Markets – Visible Trends) Continue reading “APAC Market Performance – Early Trends Mostly Confirmed”
A look at the development of the different currencies in Asia Pacific shows that the Japanese Yen has increased almost 15% against the USD and around 13% against the EUR in the first six months of this year while the Chinese Yuan has lost more than 2% against the USD and more than 4% against to the EUR during the same period. As a comparison, the USD Index, Continue reading “APAC’s Forex Market: Developments and Trends in H1 2016”
The first half of this year is over and it is time to draw the balance for this past six months. We have seen some strong up and down swings in the global markets so far. The setback in January with lows reached mid of February due to worries about China’s economy has affected most major markets around the world with strong links to Asia. The MSCI World Index has lost 13% until mid of February, while the MSCI Asia Pacific Index was down 16%. The UK referendum to leave the EU just a few days ago has caused some unexpected turbulences around the globe. Continue reading “What a 100K Investment in Asia Pacific Returned in H1 2016”
While US (1%) and Europe (-9%) are still struggling from a bad start in January, we see some well performing markets across Asia Pacific.
Thailand and Indonesia, hardly affected by January’s general market turmoil, continue to follow up on a good trend already shown in January with now 9% respectively 5% up. Continue reading “First Quarter Performance of APAC Markets – Visible Trends”
Wow, what are month! The press was full of negative statements and gloomy outlooks with comparisons to the financial crisis we have seen in 2007/08. But was this month really that bad? Or is this crisis only made by media? Let’s have a look at the performance across Asia’s market. OK, in case of Shanghai with 23% down we can really talk about a crash. But remember our blog post from autumn last year. China is a market dominated by many small investors. Continue reading “Much Ado About Nothing?”
