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title: "February Country Rankings"
url: https://accuvestblog.com/2017/02/13/february-country-rankings-2/
description: "Global equities started the year off strong in January, with the MSCI ACWI up 2.73%. The average country was up 4.04%, and the range of returns for January, between."
published: 2017-02-13
updated: 2017-02-13
---

# February Country Rankings

Published 2017-02-13

February 13, 2017 · by [Dustin Blodgett](https://accuvestblog.com/author/agadustinblodgett/) · Filed under [Portfolio Notes](https://accuvestblog.com/category/portfolio-notes/)

Issue attachment (not archived)February Portfolio Notescountry-portfolio-notes-feb-2017.pdf

- Global equities started the year off strong in January, with the MSCI ACWI up 2.73%. The average country was up 4.04%, and the range of returns for January, between countries, was 23.44%.
- The United States was up 2.04%, Japan was up 3.72%, and Europe as a whole was up 2.08%. Europe was the worst performing region during January, while Pacific ex Japan (+5.68%) and EM (+5.47%) were the best performing regions.