2. Quarterly Market Review
Fourth Quarter 2011
This report features world capital market Overview:
performance in the last quarter. It begins
with a global overview, then features the
Market Summary
returns of stock and bond asset classes
in the US and international markets.
The report also illustrates the
World Asset Classes
performance of globally diversified
portfolios and features a topic US Stocks
of the quarter.
International Developed Stocks
Emerging Markets Stocks
Select Country Performance
Fixed Income
Global Diversification
Quarterly Topic: The Good Old Days
6. International Developed Stocks
Fourth Quarter 2011 Index Returns
In US dollar terms, the average quarterly returns for
developed non-US markets were over 3%, above the Ranked Returns for the Quarter (%) US Currency Local Currency
historical average but far behind the US. For 2011,
however, developed markets as a whole lost over
3.99
12%. As in most of the past few quarters, there was Growth
4.38
much dispersion in performance at the individual
country level. Greece, which remains at the center of 3.51
Large Cap
Europe’s sovereign-debt woes, was by far the worst 3.91
performer in the quarter and the year. At the other
3.04
end of the spectrum, Ireland, the Scandinavian Value
3.45
countries, and Australia were the top performers
for the quarter. 0.69
Small Cap
0.66
World Market Capitalization—International Developed
Period Returns (%)
Asset Class 1 Year 3 Years* 5 Years* 10 Years*
Large Cap -12.21 8.53 -4.09 5.14
Small Cap -15.81 16.50 -3.23 9.41
Value -11.69 8.17 -5.48 5.49
41%
International
Growth
* Annualized
-12.71 8.84 -2.76 4.70
Developed Markets
Indices are not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. Market segment (index representation) as follows:
Marketwide (MSCI All Country World ex USA Index), Large Cap (MSCI World ex USA Index), Small Cap (MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index), Value (MSCI World ex USA Value Index), and Growth (MSCI World ex
USA Growth). All index returns are net of withholding tax on dividends. World Market Cap: Non-US developed market proxies are the respective developed country portions of the MSCI All Country World IMI ex USA
Index. Proxies for the UK, Canada, and Australia are the relevant subsets of the developed market proxy. MSCI data copyright MSCI 2011, all rights reserved. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
7. Emerging Markets Stocks
Fourth Quarter 2011 Index Returns
In US dollar terms, emerging markets gained about Ranked Returns for the Quarter (%) US Currency Local Currency
4% in the quarter, in line with the historical average,
but not enough to overcome their very poor
performance of the third quarter. As a result, Growth
4.57
emerging markets lost almost 20% in 2011. 5.01
Malaysia and other smaller emerging markets such
as Thailand and Peru posted double-digit returns Large Cap
4.42
in the quarter. At the other end of the spectrum, 4.84
Turkey and Egypt had double-digit negative returns
Value 4.28
in the quarter.
4.67
-0.66 Small Cap
-0.17
World Market Capitalization—Emerging Markets
Period Returns (%)
12.35%
Emerging Markets
Asset Class
Large Cap
1 Year
-18.42
3 Years*
20.07
5 Years*
2.40
10 Years*
13.86
Small Cap -27.18 25.57 3.30 14.77
Value -17.86 20.32 4.26 15.90
Growth -18.97 19.82 0.54 11.81
* Annualized
Indices are not available for direct investment. Index performance does not reflect the expenses associated with the management of an actual portfolio. Market segment (index representation) as
follows: Large Cap (MSCI Emerging Markets Index), Small Cap (MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index), Value (MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index), and Growth (MSCI Emerging Markets Growth Index). All
index returns are net of withholding tax on dividends. World Market Cap: Emerging markets proxies are the respective emerging country portions of the MSCI All Country World IMI ex USA Index. MSCI data
copyright MSCI 2011, all rights reserved. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
8. Select Country Performance
Fourth Quarter 2011 Index Returns
Individual country market performance varied considerably in both developed and emerging markets. The difference between the best-
performing developed market, Ireland, and the worst-performing market, Greece, was close to 40% (17.31% vs. -20.11%). In emerging
markets, the difference between the best performer (Thailand) and worst performer (Turkey) was almost 30% (12.94% vs. -13.95%).
Developed Markets (% Returns) Emerging Markets (% Returns)
Ireland 17.31 Thailand 12.94
US 11.95 Peru 11.85
Norway 10.82 Malaysia 11.65
Denmark 10.55
Mexico 10.54
Sweden 9.16
Indonesia 9.27
Netherlands 8.97
UK Brazil 9.04
8.69
Germany 7.04 Hungary 7.78
Switzerland 6.77 South Africa 7.50
Hong Kong 5.99 China 7.13
France 5.68 Philippines 7.04
Israel
5.47 Chile 7.01
Belgium 4.60
Russia 5.54
Canada3.20
Czech Republic 4.17
Finland
2.38
Italy Korea 3.72
1.93
Australia
1.77 Colombia 2.57
Spain
1.03 -1.55 Poland
-1.54 Singapore -2.26 Taiwan
-1.81 Austria -6.61 Morocco
-3.02 New Zealand
-8.87 India
-4.19 Japan
-12.04 Egypt
-5.95 Portugal
-20.11 Greece -13.95 Turkey
Country performance based on respective indices in the MSCI All Country World Index (for developed markets) and MSCI Emerging Markets Index. All returns in local currency and net of withholding tax on
dividends. MSCI data copyright MSCI 2011, all rights reserved.