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title: "January Country Rankings"
url: https://accuvestblog.com/2017/01/06/january-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 finished strong in December, with the."
published: 2017-01-06
updated: 2017-01-06
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# January Country Rankings

Published 2017-01-06

January 6, 2017 · 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 finished strong in December, with the MSCI ACWI up 2.16%. The ACWI finished the year up 7.86%, with the average country up 6.63% in 2016. The range of returns for the year, between countries, was 91.10%.
- China fell from the #1 rank to now ranked #5. During December, China was down -4.09%, joining Hong Kong (-6.39%) as the two worst performing countries.
- During 2016, Europe was the only region to return negative performance, -0.40%. However, it was the best performing region in December, up 5.24%.

Issue attachment (not archived)January Country Portfolio Notescountry-portfolio-notes-jan-2017.pdf