Japan & US: Global Equity Markets YTD Performance Showed Japan & US Leadership as Reflected by Russell Indexes
(firmenpresse) - SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwired) -- 04/11/13 -- Global equity market performance year-to-date as of April 9th showed Japan and the U.S. leading other global markets as reflected by the Russell Indexes. The Russell Japan Index returned 14.5% year-to-date, followed by the Russell 1000® Index of large-cap U.S. stocks which returned 11.9% year-to-date. Asia ex-Japan, emerging markets and European markets all trailed the U.S. & Japan, as reflected by the year-to-date performance of the Russell Asia ex-Japan Index (-1.1%), Russell Emerging Markets Index (-1.3%) and the Russell Eurozone Index (1.0%) year-to-date as of April 9th.
"We have seen a persistent strong rally in the U.S. and Japan equity markets this year, with Japan further aided by a falling Yen. The U.S. economy continued to slowly expand and there is rising investor optimism in Japan helped by a new Prime Minister and a new Bank of Japan governor," said Wouter Sturkenboom, investment strategist at Russell Investments Europe. "In Asia ex-Japan, Europe and emerging markets it is a different story. All these markets have lagged year-to-date in part due to weak economic sentiment and renewed concerns about debt issues and short sighted political solutions. This divergence in global equity market performance year-to-date helps underscore the need for investors to be cautious and follow a diversified multi-asset approach."
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Opinions expressed by Mr. Sturkenboom reflect market performance and observations as of April 9th, 2013 and are subject to change at any time based on market or other conditions without notice. Past performance does not guarantee future performance.
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