FYI; Below is a look at the percentage of the total world stock market cap that each of the largest countries makes up around the world. From Bloomberg's calculations, the US stock market currently makes up 37.21% of the total world stock market. This is up 1.31 percentage points year to date, and it leaves it more than 30 percentage points larger than the next closest country -- Japan -- at 7.05%. As shown, China now has the third largest market at 6.51% of world market cap, putting it ahead of Hong Kong, the UK, Canada, France and Germany. China's share of world market cap is up 1.10 percentage points this year, while the UK, France and Germany have all lost significant share.
Like China, India is another country that has gained quite a bit of share this year, increasing from 1.84% of world market cap at the start of the year to 2.48% as of today. Russia, on the other hand, has lost a third of its share, dropping from 1.23% of world market cap down to 0.81%.
Regards,
Ted
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