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SO MUCH FOR GLOBAL DECOUPLING

Chip Anderson

Chip Anderson

President, StockCharts.com

I've expressed reservations before about the recent theory of global decoupling. The reasoning was that foreign markets would remain relatively immune to a major selloff (and possible recession) in the U.S. That view struck me as strange, especially with the close correlation that's existed between global markets over the past decade. Which is why Chart 1 shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone. It shows a sampling of the world's major developed stock markets over the last year. And, not surprisingly, each and every one of them started to fall in November along with the U.S. market. Most haven fallen as far as far as the U.S., but they are falling. The only ones still in the black for the last year are Hong Kong (+26%), Germany (+12%), and Australia (+2%). The biggest yearly losers are France (-7%), Britain (-5%), and Canada (-2%). By comparison, the S&P 500 lost -6.5%.

Chip Anderson
About the author: is the founder and president of StockCharts.com. He founded the company after working as a Windows developer and corporate consultant at Microsoft from 1987 to 1997. Since 1999, Chip has guided the growth and development of StockCharts.com into a trusted financial enterprise and highly-valued resource in the industry. In this blog, Chip shares his tips and tricks on how to maximize the tools and resources available at StockCharts.com, and provides updates about new features or additions to the site. Learn More