Here is a summary of world market performance from Doug Short at Advisor Perspectives.

The global rally in equities continued last week, but at a subdued pace.  A benchmark 'gang of eight' group of global indices posted an average gain of 0.85% (well off the 3.86% average of the previous week). Moreover, that average included a 4.30% surge in Japan's Nikkei (which follows its 6.49% thrust the previous week).

A Closer Look at the Last Four Weeks

The tables below provide a concise overview of performance comparisons over the past four weeks for these eight major indexes.  The average for each week also is included to evaluate the performance of a specific index relative to the overall mean and better understand weekly volatility.

 

 

A Closer Look at the Year-to-Date Performance

 

Here is an overlay of the eight illustrating their comparative performance so far in 2016.

 

 

 

Here is a table of the 2016 performance, sorted from high to low, along with the interim highs for the eight indexes.

The top performing S&P 500 and the UK's FTSE 100 are the only two indexes with year-to-date gains, unchanged from last week.

China's Shanghai Composite earned the dubious distinction of biggest loser last week, supplanting the soaring Nikkei in the basement. After this week's loss, it has fallen deeper into the YTD red.

 
All the indexes are calculated in their local currencies.

Here is a summary of world market performance from Doug Short at Advisor Perspectives.

The global rally in equities continued last week, but at a subdued pace.  A benchmark 'gang of eight' group of global indices posted an average gain of 0.85% (well off the 3.86% average of the previous week). Moreover, that average included a 4.30% surge in Japan's Nikkei (which follows its 6.49% thrust the previous week).

A Closer Look at the Last Four Weeks

The tables below provide a concise overview of performance comparisons over the past four weeks for these eight major indexes.  The average for each week also is included to evaluate the performance of a specific index relative to the overall mean and better understand weekly volatility.

 

 

A Closer Look at the Year-to-Date Performance

 

Here is an overlay of the eight illustrating their comparative performance so far in 2016.

 

 

 

Here is a table of the 2016 performance, sorted from high to low, along with the interim highs for the eight indexes.

The top performing S&P 500 and the UK's FTSE 100 are the only two indexes with year-to-date gains, unchanged from last week.

China's Shanghai Composite earned the dubious distinction of biggest loser last week, supplanting the soaring Nikkei in the basement. After this week's loss, it has fallen deeper into the YTD red.

 
All the indexes are calculated in their local currencies.

This photo is corny, and so is the slogan: Success comes in cans – not cannots.

I took the photo in a friend's office.  Yet, what isn't corny is that they had the intent and the idea, then took the time and effort to print the labels to re-cover pinto bean cans.

It grew on me to the point that I asked for one of them … and it is now in my office.  

The power isn't just in the message.  It's in what you make it mean.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Malcolm Gladwell: This Is How You Develop True Expertise. (Inc)
• As A.I. Gets Smarter, Humans Need to Stop Being Sore Losers. (DigitalTrends)
• Cuba's Charming, Tragic Time Warp. (USAToday)
• Why the Future is Going to Disappoint Us. (Washington Post)
• Are You Ready For Man-Made Meat? (The Economist)

 

Trading Links:

• Jim Rogers: There's a 100% Probability of a U.S. Recession Within a Year. (Bloomberg)
• The Problem with Average. (The Irrelevant  Investor)
• Technology is Disrupting Everything. (TechCrunch)
• Who are the Richest Tech Leaders & What are They Doing with Their Money? (Particle)
• You've Earned a Fortune in Airline Miles, Here are the Economics of Exactly How to Spend Them. (Quartz)

This photo is corny, and so is the slogan: Success comes in cans – not cannots.

I took the photo in a friend's office.  Yet, what isn't corny is that they had the intent and the idea, then took the time and effort to print the labels to re-cover pinto bean cans.

It grew on me to the point that I asked for one of them … and it is now in my office.  

The power isn't just in the message.  It's in what you make it mean.

 

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• Malcolm Gladwell: This Is How You Develop True Expertise. (Inc)
• As A.I. Gets Smarter, Humans Need to Stop Being Sore Losers. (DigitalTrends)
• Cuba's Charming, Tragic Time Warp. (USAToday)
• Why the Future is Going to Disappoint Us. (Washington Post)
• Are You Ready For Man-Made Meat? (The Economist)

 

Trading Links:

• Jim Rogers: There's a 100% Probability of a U.S. Recession Within a Year. (Bloomberg)
• The Problem with Average. (The Irrelevant  Investor)
• Technology is Disrupting Everything. (TechCrunch)
• Who are the Richest Tech Leaders & What are They Doing with Their Money? (Particle)
• You've Earned a Fortune in Airline Miles, Here are the Economics of Exactly How to Spend Them. (Quartz)

I got a chance to spend time with Sean Stephenson this week.

 

 

He has overcome a lot … and stands tall as an example.

Here is a video that he made recently that reached over 60 million people.

 

 

via YouTube.

Sean says things go viral based on the U-TURN formula …. meaning, the message is: unique, timeless, unbelievable, relatable, nice, and short.

For more from Sean, here are links to his website and Facebook page.

I got a chance to spend time with Sean Stephenson this week.

 

 

He has overcome a lot … and stands tall as an example.

Here is a video that he made recently that reached over 60 million people.

 

 

via YouTube.

Sean says things go viral based on the U-TURN formula …. meaning, the message is: unique, timeless, unbelievable, relatable, nice, and short.

For more from Sean, here are links to his website and Facebook page.

Clinton versus Sanders:  Objects in the rear-view mirror may be closer than you'd expect.

 

Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting.

 

Lighter Links:

• The iPhone's Technology is Indistinguishable from Magic – That's Now a Problem. (MO)
• Read This If You Use Your Smartphone To Avoid Reality. (Huffington Post)
• What Do Chimp ‘Temples’ Tell Us About the Evolution of Religion? (New Scientist)
• Bottom Class: America’s Airlines Are Introducing a Class Below Economy. (Economist)
• Delta's President Says He Doesn't Want People to Use Miles to Fly Free Anymore. (VFTW)

 

Trading Links:

• You've Been Warned: This is a Bear Market Rally. (Doug Kass)
• This Ex-Apple Executive Got Hired to Run the Word's Largest Hedge Fund. (Fortune)
• 3 Reasons Saudi Arabia Freaking Out about Cash. (Business Insider)
• The Fed's "Dots" – Downgraded Economic Outlook Implies Fewer Rate Hikes. (ZH)
• President Trump as 'Big a Risk' to the Economy as Jihadi Terrorism. (Mashable)