A cutting-edge guide to the world´s stock markets. Stock markets had a stellar 2024. The Nasdaq surged 29% over the past year, and most indexes around the world saw double digit gains. This book explains why you should expect some markets to provide outsized returns in the near future. The Almanac offers full coverage of forty-one of the most widely traded equity markets as represented by their primary stock indexes: Australia: All Ordinaries - Austria: Austrian Traded Index - Belgium: BEL 20 - Brazil: Ibovespa - Canada: S&P/TSX Composite - Chile: S&P/CLX IPSA - China: SSE Composite Index - Colombia: MSCI COLCAP - Denmark: OMX Copenhagen 25 - Finland: OMX Helsinki 25 - France: CAC 40 - Germany: DAX - Greece: Athens General Composite - Hong Kong: Hang Seng - Hungary: BUX - India: S&P BSE SENSEX - Indonesia: IDX Composite - Ireland: ISEQ 20 - Israel: TA 35 - Italy: FTSE MIB - Japan: TOPIX - Malaysia: FTSE Malaysia KLCI - Mexico: S&P/BMV IPC - Netherlands: AEX - New Zealand: S&P/NZX 50 - Norway: OBX - Peru: S&P/BVL Peru General Index - Poland: WIG20 - Portugal: PSI 20 - Singapore: FTSE Straits Times - South Africa: FTSE/JSE All-Share - South Korea: KOSPI - Spain: IBEX 35 - Sweden: OMX Stockholm 30 - Switzerland: Swiss Market Index - Taiwan: TAIEX - Thailand: FTSE SET - Turkey: BIST 100 - United Kingdom: FTSE 100 - United States: S&P 500 Finding the market that best treats your savings is a challenge. Using data on past trends and cycles, Dr. David J. Howden provides a roadmap for the next decade of equity returns. This almanac of stock indexes from around the world takes the reader on a centuries-long tour of the most widely traded stock markets and points to where they will go in the future—and where to secure superior returns. Dr. Howden’s statistical methods are intuitive yet sophisticated. With centuries of financial data under examination, this book supports the idea that while the future doesn’t repeat, it does rhyme. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience in analyzing financial markets, Dr. Howden guides the investor through the sometimes-overwhelming world of equity markets. The book’s forecasts of the forty-three most highly traded stock indexes simplify trading decisions for the reader and let him invest his savings where markets will treat his money best. The book contains over one hundred high-quality charts to let the reader visualize the historical trends, and its many tables bring together its most essential findings. All investors—from the institutional to the uninitiated—can benefit from this book’s practical and thorough analysis. Mexican stocks are the most undervalued in the world today; Taiwanese equities are the most overvalued. What about the rest of the world? The Almanac of Global Equities gives a comprehensive answer to that question and others—and serves as your essential guide to the coming decade.