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title: "April Country Rankings"
url: https://accuvestblog.com/2016/04/07/april-country-rankings/
description: "Global equities surged higher during March, with the MSCI ACWI up 7.41% and the average country up 9.98% in USD. For Q1, ACWI returned 0.24%, with the average country up."
published: 2016-04-07
updated: 2016-04-07
---

# April Country Rankings

Published 2016-04-07

April 7, 2016 · by [Dustin Blodgett](https://accuvestblog.com/author/agadustinblodgett/) · Filed under [Portfolio Notes](https://accuvestblog.com/category/portfolio-notes/)

- Global equities surged higher during March, with the MSCI ACWI up 7.41% and the average country up 9.98% in USD. For Q1, ACWI returned 0.24%, with the average country up 4.40%.
- EM countries have outpaced DM so far YTD. DM’s average country return YTD is -1.41% while EM’s average country return is 12.37%.
- Click the link below to see our top country picks

Issue attachment (not archived)Country Portfolio Notes April 2016country-portfolio-notes-april-2016.pdf