Enterprising Investor Forum

Country Returns Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Have you ever wondered which countries have been the best performers since the global equity market bottom in 2003? Well, thanks to the Bespoke Investment Group, you can look at the detail here.

Seeing Brazil at the top of the list is probably not that surprising but most people would probably not have guessed that South Africa outperformed Russia or that Taiwan was ahead of China.

Another interesting point is that despite calls for Japan to come back and deliver some returns, it keeps on lagging and leaving investors waiting for a turnaround.

It looks like the top performers here may be taking a breather and that the US may be ready for a bit of a comeback in 2009.

Let’s see what the future holds in store…