Pottering About
Half time scores
I find it useful to have a look at market returns around the globe halfway through the year and so present below some approximate data (Source: Yahoo Finance).
| INDEX | Year to Date Change (local currency) |
| FTSE 100 | No change |
| FTSE250 | (-5%) |
| S&P500 | +1% |
| Bitcoin | +73% |
| Nikkei225 | +28% |
| Hang Seng | (-10%) |
| DAX/CAC (averaged) | +13% |
| Gold futures | +10% |
| £/USD | +5% |
| £/JPY | +16% |
Of course, all data taken over a short discrete time period must be viewed with caution, especially noting the significance to percentage returns of where the starting point happened to be – Bitcoin was not exactly flourishing in late 2022, just to pick one example.
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