America underperforming other stock markets worldwide | Business
When it comes to stock markets around the world, this year has clearly not been America first.
The US stock market has risen in 2025 and isn’t far from its all-time high set last week. But it’s climbed less than stock indexes in Mexico City, Paris and Hong Kong.
The difference in performance has been so stark than an index of stocks from 22 of 23 developed economies around the world, excluding the United States, has trounced the S&P 500: a 7.5 per cent rise through Monday versus 1.7 per cent for Wall Street’s benchmark.
The split in performance has many causes, and if it continues, it would mark a sharp reversal following years of US exceptionalism. The US stock market has been the clear winner for so long among…
