To illustrate, the FTSE All-World® ex US Index had a 28% return for the 12-month period ended January 5, 2018 as based in US dollars as compared to a 19.5% return as based in local currencies for the countries in the index for the same time period. And the FTSE Emerging Index had a 35% return for the 12-month period ended January 5, 2018 in US dollars as compared to a 29% return as based in local currencies.
Alec Young, managing director, global markets research, FTSE Russell:
“Currency translation is an important component of the diversification potential of foreign stocks and the relative performance of international stocks as measured by non-US indexes for US investors. For example, a rising US dollar relative to non-US currencies will have a negative impact on US dollar-based non-US index returns. On the other hand, a falling US dollar relative to non-US currencies will have a positive impact on US dollar-based non-US index returns. Last year was a case in point as a weak US dollar led to significantly higher dollar denominated international equity index performance across both developed and emerging markets.”
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