Stock Total Returns Since The Brexit Vote

Charts of the Week — September 27, 2017

    As the chart below shows, shortly after the Brexit vote last year both the Stoxx Europe 600 (red line) and the S&P 500 (blue line) fell sharply. After that initial fall, they have advanced 11.34% and 18.29%, respectively.      The MSCI World Stock Indices are all also up after initially falling. The… Continue reading Stock Total Returns Since The Brexit Vote

 

 

As the chart below shows, shortly after the Brexit vote last year both the Stoxx Europe 600 (red line) and the S&P 500 (blue line) fell sharply. After that initial fall, they have advanced 11.34% and 18.29%, respectively. 

 

 

The MSCI World Stock Indices are all also up after initially falling. The MSCI World Index (blue line below) is up 20% while the MSCI Emerging Market Index (red line below) is up 33.45%.

 

 

European stocks have followed a similar pattern. However, the U.K. (green line below) lags the rest of the countries in Europe, up just 9.32% since the Brexit vote.

 

 

Use the interactive chart below to view returns for all the MSCI stock indices.