Below is a list of how stocks in various countries are performing (total return) over the last 3 months, year to date (YTD), and annualized over 5 years. China has made all the headlines this last few weeks with their dramatic stock market drop, but you can see that China has done fine over a longer period of time (annualized 5 year return). Notice that Ireland has actually been positive during the past 3 months.
Returns as of the close 8/27/2015. All returns are in US dollars.
| Name | Total Ret 3 Mo | Total Ret YTD | Total Ret Annualized 5 Yr |
| MSCI China | -43.45 | -12.21 | 3.13 |
| MSCI Indonesia | -27.71 | -30.86 | -5.59 |
| MSCI Brazil | -25.52 | -33.48 | -17.74 |
| MSCI Malaysia | -24.63 | -27.41 | -4.78 |
| MSCI Taiwan | -24.15 | -17.81 | 1.01 |
| MSCI Argentina | -22.47 | -9.84 | -2.36 |
| MSCI Korea | -21.42 | -15.77 | 0.03 |
| MSCI Hong Kong | -21.19 | -8.1 | 4.04 |
| MSCI Chile | -20.45 | -18.64 | -12.27 |
| MSCI Turkey | -20.33 | -32.13 | -9.03 |
| MSCI Singapore | -19.43 | -18.14 | 1.48 |
| MSCI Thailand | -17.88 | -20 | 3.06 |
| MSCI Australia | -16.86 | -14.83 | 3.32 |
| MSCI Canada | -16.65 | -20.04 | -1.85 |
| MSCI Philippines | -14.94 | -9.18 | 11.14 |
| MSCI Mexico | -14.55 | -15.79 | 1.01 |
| MSCI United Kingdom | -12.54 | -7.22 | 6.56 |
| MSCI Portugal | -11.25 | -2.32 | -12.45 |
| MSCI Austria | -9.59 | 0.35 | -4.22 |
| MSCI India | -9.37 | -8.96 | -1.25 |
| MSCI Germany | -9.35 | -3.69 | 8.58 |
| MSCI Japan | -8.8 | 5.38 | 6.89 |
| MSCI United States | -7.57 | -4.29 | 15.77 |
| MSCI Switzerland | -7.26 | 2.06 | 10.84 |
| MSCI France | -6.95 | 1.08 | 6.28 |
| MSCI Spain | -6.25 | -7.14 | 1.49 |
| MSCI Italy | -3.11 | 7.39 | 1.97 |
| MSCI Ireland | 1.89 | 10.34 | 15.47 |
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