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Research commentary published April 2013 – September 2017

Posts by Dustin Blodgett

25 entries · February 10, 2016 to August 7, 2017

August Country Rankings

Global equities marched higher in July, with the MSCI ACWI up 2.79%. The average country was up 4.64%, and the range of returns for July, between countries, was 13.88%. All country returns YTD are positive. Canada is the worst performing…

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July Country Rankings

Global equities marched slightly higher in higher in June, with the MSCI ACWI up 0.45%. The average country was up 0.78%, and the range of returns for June, between countries, was 10.23%. All country returns YTD are positive. Brazil is…

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June Country Rankings

Global equities continued to climb higher in May, with the MSCI ACWI up 2.21%. The average country was up 3.15%, and the range of returns for May, between countries, was 14.42%%. The United States continues to fall in our country…

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INTL Momentum Has Shifted

International Relative Strength has shifted, and the time to increase your International exposure is now. https://www.etftrends.com/etf-investing/3-reasons-why-the-price-is-right-for-international-opportunities/

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May Country Rankings

The United States was up slightly, up 1.05%. Japan was the same, up 1.05%, and Europe as a whole was up 3.53%. Europe was the best performing region for the second straight month. EM wasn’t far behind, up 2.19% during…

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April Country Rankings

Global equities continued to surge higher in March, with the MSCI ACWI up 1.22%. The average country was up 3.08%, and the range of returns for March, between countries, was 15.50%. The United States was flat, up only 0.10%. Japan…

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March Country Rankings

Global equities continued to surge higher in February, with the MSCI ACWI up 2.81%. The average country was up 2.04%, and the range of returns for February, between countries, was 8.50%. The United States was up 3.86%, Japan was up…

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Investing Insights: Why Global and Why Now

Here is a look as to why investors should re-think their overweights to the U.S. right now. Since 1970, there have been five periods where the U.S. has outperformed International markets, and five periods where International has outperformed the U.S.…

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February Country Rankings

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…

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January Country Rankings

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…

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December Country Rankings

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…

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October Country Rankings

Our latest Country Rankings are out. See below for some general comments and click the link to see more details. China leads the way, ranked #1 for its second consecutive month. China saw some deterioration in its Risk rank, but…

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September Country Rankings

Our latest Country Rankings are out. See below for some general comments and click the link to see more details. European countries are the biggest laggards so far YTD and is the only region exhibiting negative performance YTD. Europe as…

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I-Invest 2016 ETF Awards

Congratulations! Accuvest Global Advisors recently was reviewed by I-Invest and selected to receive a 2016 ETF Award. The Accuvest Global Core Equity strategy was named as the “Best Diversified Global Equity Fund (3 Years)”. Please see award and link below:…

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July Country Rankings

Check out our latest Country Portfolio Notes to see where we believe there is opportunity. The All Country World Index is up 1.23% YTD. The range of best performing country to worst preforming country for YTD is 71%. European countries…

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June Country Rankings

Check out our latest Country Portfolio Notes to see where we believe there is opportunity. The U.S. outpaced international developed and emerging markets during May, returning 1.76%. The average country is down -3.20% YTD Emerging countries dominate the top 10…

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May Country Rankings

Check out our latest Country Portfolio Notes to see where we believe there is opportunity. International markets continue to outperform the U.S. so far this year. ACWI ex US outperformed the U.S. by 2.17% in April. Despite all the headwind…

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April Country Rankings

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…

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February Country Rankings

January Highlights Global equities continued their negative slide during January, with the MSCI ACWI down -6.03% and the average country down -5.13% in USD. The average country is down -15% in the last six months. There are no countries with…

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