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International PerfChart Shows Strength in Developed Markets

Arthur Hill

Arthur Hill

Chief Technical Strategist, TrendInvestorPro.com

The PerfChart below shows the year-to-date performance for ten country indices. Notice that US, European and Australian stocks are up this year. Asia shows some weakness because the Shanghai Composite, Hang Seng Composite and Nikkei 225 are down. The Bovespa, a big emerging market, is also down sharply this year.  

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Arthur Hill
About the author: , CMT, is the Chief Technical Strategist at TrendInvestorPro.com. Focusing predominantly on US equities and ETFs, his systematic approach of identifying trend, finding signals within the trend, and setting key price levels has made him an esteemed market technician. Arthur has written articles for numerous financial publications including Barrons and Stocks & Commodities Magazine. In addition to his Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation, he holds an MBA from the Cass Business School at City University in London. Learn More