Sources:
1 Bloomberg, as at 24 May 2019. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance.
2 Bloomberg. Analysis over 10-year data as of end May 2019.
3 Bloomberg. June 2019. In USD terms. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance.
4 Bloomberg. June 2019. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance.
5 Pratt (1967). Black, Jensen and Scholes (1972). Baker and Haugen (2012).
6 Analysis done by comparing a buy and hold strategy for the MSCI Asia Pac ex Japan Index for the last 15 years (as of end May 2019) versus another strategy which missed out the 10 missing trading days. Bloomberg. For illustration purposes only. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance.
7 Bloomberg. 13 June 2019.
8 Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. As of 6 June 2019. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance.
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