At the mid-August stock market turnaround,Europe outclasses theAmericaThe main stock markets of Spain, Italy, and Germany, which are the fastest-growing in Europe, doubled both the Dow Jones, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq: thanks mainly to banking and defense stocks that deflected fears of tariffs and war.
The numbers speak for themselves: theIbex 35, which is the reference index of Spain, the first stock exchange in Europe in 2025, has gained 31,81% since the beginning of the year, Piazza Affari is second with Ftse Eb up 24,77%, Germany is third with the dax 30 which gains 22,44% while the Nasdaq Composite, which is the best American index, does not go beyond 11,42 and further down they are placed S & P 500 (9,41%) and the Dow Jones (5,26%). London also outperformed America, and the FTSE 100 is projected to gain 2025% in 13,1.
In the last few weeks America has shown signs of awakening and the dollar has recovered ground on the euro but, looking at the present and the near future, analysts are divided on whether it is better to focus on American or European stocks and the wisest ones advise to divide financial investments in half and to do stock picking, while Goldman Sachs warns that a correction could soon arrive that would bring the stock markets back to milder levels.
But, be that as it may, the world's best stock market does not live in the Old Continent (if we exclude smaller capitalisation stock exchanges such as those in Warsaw and Athens) but in Asia where the index copy 200 of South Korea It has gained 2025% since the beginning of 37.36. But who is pushing the Kospi up? It's primarily giants like Samsung, Hanwha Aerospace, and Hyundai. In Asia and globally, the Seoul Stock Exchange currently holds a firm lead, but beware: China is waking up, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with a 27,33% gain since the beginning of the year, is catching up and aiming for further growth.
