The performances of various stock indices around the world, since the beginning of January 2009, are listed below. It is evident from this list that investors have a higher appetite for risk than they did a year ago, as emerging markets (especially the BRIC countries) are outperforming the others by a wide margin. Or perhaps investors perceive emerging markets as less risky and less exposed to the banking problems in the US and UK?
RTS.RS, RTSI Index, Russia: +88.3%
BSESN, BSE Sensex, India: +49.1%
SSE, SSE Composite Index, China: +47.3%
BVSP, Bovespa Index, Brazil: +44.0%
STI, Straits Times Index, Singapore: +34.9%
HSI, Hang Seng Index, Hong Kong: +27.3%
OMX, OMSX Stockholm 30, Sweden: +20.2%
GSPTSE, TSX Composite, Canada: +18.6%
AORD, All Ordinaries, Australia: +7.9%
GDAXI, DAX Index, Germany: +5.9%
FCHI, CAC 40 Index, France: +4.7%
NZ50, NZX Index, New Zealand: +3.4%
FTSE, FTSE 100 Index, UK: +0.7%
DJI, Dow Jones Industrial Average: -0.2%
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