Scoreboard Check

On an equally weighted basis, the average stock last week was up 1.8% in the MSCI World Index. 4 out of 5 of the best performing stocks came from the MSCI Pacific subset of the MSCI World Index. The worst performing stocks were much more geographically diverse. 

Moving to sub-industries, the best performing sub-industries last week were all up at least 5%. The worst performing, Environmental & Facilities Services, was only down -3%.

Finally, the sector scoreboard shows that every sector was up for the week. Utilities, which as been the consistent laggard over the course of the past year, came in at the bottom once again.