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title: "December Country Rankings"
url: https://accuvestblog.com/2016/12/08/december-country-rankings-2/
description: "Our latest Country Rankings are out. See below for some general comments and click the link to see more details. Global equities were slightly positive in November, with."
published: 2016-12-08
updated: 2016-12-08
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# December Country Rankings

Published 2016-12-08

December 8, 2016 · by [Dustin Blodgett](https://accuvestblog.com/author/agadustinblodgett/) · Filed under [Portfolio Notes](https://accuvestblog.com/category/portfolio-notes/)

Our latest Country Rankings are out. See below for some general comments and click the link to see more details.

- Global equities were slightly positive in November, with the MSCI ACWI up 0.76%. The ACWI is up 5.58% YTD, with the average country up 4.14% YTD. The range of returns for the year, between countries, is 89.52%.
- Dispersion among country returns is increasing. Two of the last three months have exhibited ranges greater than 40%. The last time we had a greater than 40% range in a given month was in 2008.
- The United States continues to fall in our rankings. The United States is now currently ranked 15th. It has a Price/Book ratio is 2.8x vs a country avg. of 1.8x, and a Forward 12 month P/E of 17.20x, with the country avg. at 14.10x

Issue attachment (not archived)December Country Portfolio Notescountry-portfolio-notes-dec-2016.pdf