Within the Russell Frontier Index, after 2011 when all but one country constituent had negative performance, 75% of countries had positive performance year-to-date as of April 30, with Vietnam, Pakistan and Kenya leading.
Within the Russell Emerging Markets Index, after 2011 when more than 85% of country constituents had negative performance, more than 90% of countries had positive performance year-to-date as of April 30, with Egypt, Turkey and Thailand leading.
"The positive returns we've witnessed this year across many of the emerging and frontier markets is a marked change from last year," said Sarah Lien, Senior Research Analyst for Russell Investments. "Vietnam, for instance, was one of 2011's worst performers but has rebounded very strongly year-to-date. Egypt and Turkey have also posted strong returns in 2012 after geo-political concerns appear to have weighed on these stock markets last year."
Russell Index Returns
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 YTD Returns as Russell Index of 4/30/12 2011 Returns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Frontier Index 5.7% -20.7% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Emerging Markets Index 13.2% -19.2% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Frontier Index Country Returns
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2012 YTD Returns as Russell Frontier Index Country of 4/30/12 2011 Returns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Vietnam 35.1% -31.8% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Pakistan 24.2% -12.0% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Kenya 21.4% -29.5% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Nigeria 16.1% -26.1% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Ukraine 12.5% -41.7% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Qatar 6.8% 7.2% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Oman 5.3% -10.8% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tunisia 4.3% -11.5% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Kuwait 1.2% -12.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Bangladesh -1.6% -41.8% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Sri Lanka -16.5% -25.2% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Argentina -16.9% -25.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Emerging Markets Index Country Returns
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Emerging Markets Index 2012 YTD Returns as Country of 4/30/12 2011 Returns ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Egypt 35.2% -45.3% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Turkey 27.1% -35.1% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Thailand 26.9% -4.7% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Philippines 26.3% 2.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Colombia 22.7% -12.8% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------United Arab Emirates (UAE) 22.3% -15.5% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Peru 18.9% -13.7% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Chile 18.4% -22.3% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Poland 16.3% -30.4% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Mexico 15.4% -13.2% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------India 15.2% -37.6% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Russia 14.8% -20.5% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------China 13.9% -20.8% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Korea 13.6% -11.0% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------South Africa 12.8% -14.4% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Greece 10.7% -56.7% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Taiwan 10.5% -22.2% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Malaysia 8.6% 0.9% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Brazil 7.8% -20.1% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Indonesia 6.6% 4.4% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Portugal -1.8% -27.5% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------Morocco -4.0% -14.5% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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