Here is some data to carry forward to 2017 with just a few trading hours left this year,
The UK Referendum and the US Elections were two events that created  short term spikes in volatility. However, the real impact will be measure in years.
GOLD in various currencies
(1980 to Nov-end 2016)
WORLD Indexes YTD
SP500 is about 10% YTD and almost 14% en EUR
EURO STOXX is negative YTD.
UK is +14% in local currency and negative in EUR
GERMANY and FRANCE are positive in EUR
NIKKEI is flat on local currency and +7% in EUR
ThomsonReuters Regional Indexes YTD
Latin America changed trend in Equities, mostly because of Brazil
Globally (all included) the index esdid about 5.5%
Peripheral and Emerging Europe are negative YTD
G7 is  7%
BRIC is 11%
ThomsonReuters County Indexes YTD
Some countries on my radar for next year are Mexico, UK, Russia and Brazil.
Happy 2017





