Monthly performance round-up: Road to recovery (June 30, 2009)
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July 2nd, 2009 by Prieur du Plessis, Investment Postcards from Cape Town
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The performance of a number of global stock markets is given in the table below in local currency terms for different measurement terms ended June 30. Other than to say that the second quarter delivered exceptional gains and that the first half of 2009 is not looking too shabby either (bar a few exceptions such as the Dow Jones Industrial Index), the numbers speak for themselves.
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The gains/declines mentioned above are all in local currency terms. However, converting the movements to US dollar shows a better picture for the non-dollar countries (see table below).
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Dr. Prieur du Plessis is an investment professional with 26 years' experience in investment research and portfolio management. More than 1,200 of his articles on investment-related topics have been published in various regular newspaper, journal and Internet columns, including his blog, Investment Postcards from Cape Town. He has also published a book, Financial Basics: Investment. Prieur is Chairman and principal shareholder of South African-based Plexus Asset Management, which he founded in 1995. The group conducts investment management, investment consulting, private equity and real estate activities in South Africa and a number of foreign countries. He also serves as Honorary Consul of Slovenia for South Africa, actively developing economic, cultural and scientific relations between Slovenia and South Africa. Prieur is 54 years old and live with his wife, television producer and presenter Isabel Verwey, and two children in Cape Town, South Africa. His leisure activities include long-distance running, traveling, reading, motor-cycling and scripophily. Read more from the author/contributor here.
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