North America Equity – USD Denominated Funds

North America Equity USD denominated funds’ performances range from -54.91% to 13.04% over the last 52 weeks (ending December 2, 2011), in USD terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the S&P 500 Index) by approximately 5.13% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 15.73%. We last analyzed […]

December 20, 2011

North America Equity USD denominated funds’ performances range from -54.91% to 13.04% over the last 52 weeks (ending December 2, 2011), in USD terms. On average, the best 5% of the funds outperform the market (pegged to the S&P 500 Index) by approximately 5.13% and the worst 5% underperform by approximately 15.73%. We last analyzed this asset class back in December 2010 and found that at the time, as a group, the best funds outperformed the benchmark by 15% and the worst funds underperformed by 12%. Fears of a double dip recession plus the negative effects of the European sovereign debt crisis have negatively impacted the overall performance of the funds in this universe.

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