Just a quick look at markets around the world. Japan and emerging markets have outperformed this 2012 year to date. The US stock market representative of the S&P 500 index (SPY) has trailed other parts of the world to date, but has still put in a healthy gain so far. Below is a chart of select stock markets around the world and their year to date results.
As shown above, world markets are putting in healthy returns so far in 2012, with the Nikkei Index in Japan leading the way, higher at + 19.77%.
Bottom Line: The returns of these markets around the world have exceeded expectations during the first quarter of 2012. For now, markets look healthy and are trending higher, but I am expecting a correction sometime during the next few months prior to the 2012 political elections. Thank you for visiting.
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