Peter Mallouk: Global markets outpace S&P 500 over 17 months after U.S.-focused doubts

Peter Mallouk: Global markets outpace S&P 500 over 17 months after U.S.-focused doubts
Global markets outperform S&P 500 period

Peter Mallouk highlights dramatic outperformance of international markets compared to the S&P 500 over a 17-month period. At the start of 2025, he references a common question about the need to invest outside the U.S. but points out that in the 17 months following, South Korea gained 314%, Peru rose 122%, and Taiwan advanced 108%, while the S&P 500 increased just 31%.

Mallouk uses these figures to underscore the unpredictable nature of markets and reaffirms the importance of diversification.

Mallouk has previously noted that the S&P 500 averaged 12 percent annual returns since 1980 despite periods of significant volatility, according to past analysis. He also pointed out that Facebook shares plunged 54 percent after their 2012 IPO and ended the first year down, while the wider market rose 31 percent, as seen in a separate review. These earlier observations add to his current commentary on shifting market leadership.

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