I went on to do a few more indices, namely KOSPI, HSI, Nikkei 225, BSE, FTSE, JKSE and plotted them on the following chart together with STI and S&P 500.

JKSE and KOSPI are the two best performing market indices on a 10-yr annualized basis and Nikkei 225 and FTSE are the two worst performers. For simplicity sake, if $1,000 is invested in every of the above indices, the portfolio would be something like this:-The $8,000 portfolio would have grown to $24,769 today (since 1998), an annualized returns of 11.96%.

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