The US markets strongly up YTD
Emerging markets diverge and decline
FED taper plans is one negative future event hanging over the markets
New COVID economic after effects in some countries
Reemergence of economic troubles all thought are gone by now
China corporate Eurobonds increasingly trading at default levels for some property developers and SOE
Increased political tensions between the US and China adds more gloom
Awful a lot of weak spots on the map of war conflicts
The biggest weak spot is Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a new old threat to spill over
Azerbaijan aggressive stance causes new worries
And last but not least are global inflation rates
New format Olympic Games was a source of some positive for awhile recently
US infrastructure spending plans also a positive
China One Belt continued push in South Asia and its marine route through Indian Ocean also positive
Credit expansion and fintech developments another good one
As well overall increase in digitalization in the aftermath of COVID
Yet it looks that there are still less positives than negatives
August vacations kept many decision makers away from computer keyboards and not able to push sell buttons yet
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Comment
Monthly performance is between 2021-08-01 and 2021-07-01
Best global markets YTD USA +16.65%, FM (FRONTIER MARKETS) +12.32%, EUROPE +12.06%,
While worst global markets YTD EFM ASIA -3.53%, EM (EMERGING MARKETS) -1.04%, EM LATIN AMERICA 2.35%,
Best global markets last month USA +1.80%, EUROPE +1.10%, FM (FRONTIER MARKETS)-0.99%,
While worst global markets last month EFM ASIA -7.93%, EM (EMERGING MARKETS) -6.61%, EM LATIN AMERICA -3.48%,
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Best last month among various countries' equity markets were ZIMBABWE +32.94%, LEBANON +18.55%, BOTSWANA +17.82%, ESTONIA +7.90%, ARGENTINA +7.64%, EGYPT +7.03%, MAURITIUS +6.61%, FINLAND +5.35%, NETHERLANDS +5.01%, TURKEY +4.89%,
While worst last month among various countries' equity markets were CHINA -13.80%, PHILIPPINES -11.92%, PERU -8.37%, THAILAND -7.27%, VIETNAM -6.71%, BRAZIL -5.43%, UKRAINE -5.29%, CHILE -4.96%, KOREA -4.60%, BULGARIA -4.42%,
Best YTD among various country equities were ZIMBABWE +245.75%, LEBANON +59.70%, KAZAKHSTAN +57.03%, BOTSWANA +42.45%, SAUDI ARABIA DOMESTIC +29.67%, JORDAN +26.72%, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES +23.94%, NETHERLANDS +23.90%, KENYA +23.39%, AUSTRIA +22.64%,
While worst YTD among various country equities were PERU -26.30%, COLOMBIA -23.13%, TURKEY -18.43%, NEW ZEALAND -16.39%, PHILIPPINES -15.67%, INDONESIA -15.48%, MALAYSIA -14.04%, CHINA -13.22%, PAKISTAN -11.41%, PAKISTAN -11.41%,
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