VIX Volatility Index over the pandemic recovery period, versus the New Zealand NZ50 Index, ASX All Ordinaries Index XAO, S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ Composite Index IXIC.
Big Tech still underperforming from Sep (Apple AAPL, Amazon AMZN, Microsoft MSFT, Facebook FB, Netflix NFLX) - with the exception of Google GOOG.
View from New Zealand, NZX Top 50 ETF (FNZ) vs. Australia (OZY), USA (USF), Europe (EUF), UK in The City of London Investment Trust (TCL on the NZX, CTY on the LSE) and the UK FTSE 100 Index.
In AUD Australian Dollar terms, all ETFs listed on the Australian ASX: the Australia market (IZO) vs UK FTSE 100 (F100), Europe (IEU), US S&P 500 (IVV)
The UK FTSE 100 vs. GBP ETFs for the US market (GSPX), the Europe EMU market (CEUG), and the Australia market (AUGA) - since the pandemic plunge.
Laggards of the Month Awards for Big Tech in the post-Biden-win period goes to: Amazon AMZN, Facebook FB and Microsoft MSFT. Netflix NFLX, Apple AAPL and Alphabet GOOG doing ok. No need to talk about the price of Tesla TSLA stock.
The Stock Market Covid Recovery vs. VIX Volatility (including inverse VIX)
The broad ASX All Ordinaries Index (XAO), since the beginning of November 2020, shows the underperformance of previously overperforming Midcap (XMD) sectors of Information Technology (XIJ - note particularly the high flyer Afterpay APT) - and Mining (XMM) to a lesser extent.
ETF comparative strategies in Australia with MVE (VanEck Vectors S&P/ASX MidCap ETF), VSO (Vanguard MSCI Australian Small Companies Index ETF), and IHD (iShares S&P/ASX Dividend Opportunities ETF) - since 2017.
The inevitable and unrealized danger of a sustained phase in a strengthening US Dollar, burst into reality with the Covid Crash of the S&P 500 SPX and of world equity markets. Now, it will be years before we need to countdown again - whenever the world economy moves the USD to start on another sustained strengthening phase - and the Euro and Japanese Yen JPY...
The inverse of the US Dollar Index DXY versus select Asian currencies of Japanese yen JPY, Korean won KRW, Singapore dollar SGD, Malaysian ringgit MYR, Thai baht THB, Philippine peso PHP - note recent trends against trends over the last decade.
Magellan Global Equities Fund (MGE) vs possible alternative ETFs on the Australian ASX - such as iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (IXI), Betashares S&P500 Yield Maximiser Fund (UMAX), SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund (WDIV), ETFS S&P 500 High Yield Low Volatility ETF (ZYUS) - against the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)... all available on the Australian ASX stock exchange.
The stock market (DJI) during the recovery vs. inverse of the Dollar Index DXY, and major currencies Euro EURUSD, Australian dollar AUDUSD, Japanese Yen JPYUSD, Chinese Yuan CNHUSD
Certain advanced economy equity markets clearly losing momentum, and could be curving down: Germany's DAX, Canada's TSX, South Korea's KOSPI.
Meridian Energy (MEL, MEZ) vs. peers of CEN Contact, GEN Genesis, MCY Mercury, VCT Vector, TPW Trustpower, IFT Infratil; with market indicators of the NZ50, Australian XAO, NZD/AUD.
S&P 500 vs. select global equity markets - focus on the period since Aug 2020... compared consistently in $USD terms via US listed ETFs - United Kingdom EWU, Russia ERUS, Brazil EWZ, Hong Kong EWH, India INDA, Australia EWA, New Zealand ENZL - bonus comparisons to Gold, AUD/USD, RUB/USD.
Equities indicated by the IXIC NASDAQ index versus a collection of foreign currencies of: Australia AUD, Korea KRW, Singapore SGD, China CNY, Colombia COP, Brazil BRL, Russia RUB
IFT Infratil (ASX listed) vs. ASX listed global infrastructure ETFs, ASX All Ordinaries Index, NZ50 Index - since 2017.