Great Graphic: Equity Performance in US, Europe, Japan

marctomarket.com / by Marc Chandler / Oct 29, 2014

This Great Graphic, created on Bloomberg, shows performance of three major indices since the start of the year. The white line is the US S&P 500. It has clearly outperformed Dow Jones Stoxx 600 (yellow line) and the Nikkei (green line).

Specifically, year-to-date the S&P has risen 7.2%, the Nikkei has fallen 3.9%, while the Dow Jones Stoxx 600 is essentially flat. As the chart depicts, the S&P recovery off the mid-October lows has been more extensive than the other two indices.