Year-to-date equity market performance has been bleak, considering that out of 84 countries, 19 are up and the remainder are down. 17 countries are down more than -10%. China is the second best performing equity market so far, up 9.3%, and Brazil is the only other of the BRIC that is up, with a smaller gain of 2.49%.
Canada is the best performing G7 country with a smaller than the rest YTD loss of -3.50%.
Chart: Bespoke Investment Group
