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No particular asset class can be an all-time winner

Date: July 2019

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Chart of the month showing the fluctuations in various asset class performance on a yearly basis


Source: Morningstar, HSBC Global Asset Management, data as at 30 June 2019. Data for “one decade” refers to data as at 31 December 2018. All returns in USD, total return.

Indices used: ICE LIBOR 3 Month USD, BBgBarc US Treasury TR USD, FTSE WGBI USD, ICE BofAML Global Corporate TR USD, ICE BofAML Gbl HY TR USD, JPM EMBI Global TR USD, JPM GBI-EM Diversified Composite TR USD, ICE BofAML Asian Dollar TR USD, ICE BofAML Asian Dollar HY TR USD, MSCI World GR USD, S&P 500 TR USD, MSCI AC Europe GR USD, MSCI EM GR USD, MSCI AC Asia Ex Japan GR USD, TReuters/CoreCommodity CRB TR USD

Past performance is not an indication of future returns. The performance may go down as well as up. For illustrative purposes only.

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