Lezione 17 10 2017 Bis
Lezione 17 10 2017 Bis
Lezione 17 10 2017 Bis
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Table 2: Real (inflation -adjusted) equity returns around the world, 1900 –2016
Country Geometric Arithmetic Standard Standard Minimum Min Maximum Max
mean% mean% error% dev.% return% year return% year
Australia 6.8 8.3 1.6 17.6 –42.5 2008 51.5 1983
Austria 0.8 4.8 2.8 29.9 –59.4 2008 127.1 1985
Belgium 2.7 5.3 2.2 23.5 –48.9 2008 105.1 1919
Canada 5.7 7.1 1.6 17.0 –33.8 2008 55.2 1933
Denmark 5.4 7.3 1.9 20.8 –49.2 2008 107.8 1983
Finland 5.4 9.3 2.8 29.8 –60.8 1918 161.7 1999
France 3.3 5.8 2.1 23.0 –41.5 2008 66.1 1954
Germany 3.3 8.1 2.9 31.6 –90.8 1948 154.6 1949
Ireland 4.4 7.0 2.1 22.9 –65.4 2008 68.4 1977
Italy 2.0 5.9 2.6 28.5 –72.9 1945 120.7 1946
Japan 4.2 8.7 2.7 29.4 –85.5 1946 121.1 1952
Netherlands 5.0 7.1 2.0 21.3 –50.4 2008 101.6 1940
New Zealand 6.2 7.9 1.8 19.3 –54.7 1987 105.3 1983
Norway 4.3 7.2 2.5 26.8 –53.6 2008 166.9 1979
Portugal 3.5 8.4 3.2 34.3 –76.6 1978 151.8 1986
South Africa 7.2 9.3 2.0 22.1 –52.2 1920 102.9 1933
Spain 3.6 5.8 2.0 21.9 –43.3 1977 99.4 1986
Sweden 5.9 8.0 2.0 21.1 –42.5 1918 67.5 1999
Switzerland 4.4 6.2 1.8 19.4 –37.8 1974 59.4 1922
United Kingdom 5.5 7.3 1.8 19.6 –57.1 1974 96.7 1975
United States 6.4 8.4 1.9 20.0 –38.4 1931 56.2 1933
Europe 4.2 6.0 1.8 19.8 –47.5 2008 75.7 1933
World ex -US 4.3 6.0 1.7 18.9 –44.2 2008 80.0 1933
World 5.1 6.5 1.6 17.4 –41.4 2008 68.0 1933
Source: Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton, Triumph of the Optimists, Princeton University Press, 2002, and subsequent
research.
Chart 6: Impact of reinvested dividends on cumulative US and UK equity local -currency returns, 1900 –2016
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