Posted By thestatedtruth.com on December 15, 2019

It’s almost time for the month-end, year-end and, yes, decade-end retrospectives from various investment banks.

And so, without further ado, here is “2010s did you know…”

• Central banks: most activist…Brazil (25 cuts, 24 hikes); least activist…Japan (1 cut, 0 hikes).
• Population growth: most…India +149 million since 2010; least…Syria -4 million since 2010.
• US jobs: in the 2000s US economy lost net 1 million jobs; in the 2010s US economy created net 22.4 million jobs.
• Negative yielding debt: $0 of bonds were negative yielding in 2010 vs. $17 trillion at peak in 2019.
• Government bonds: best…30-year Treasury $1 in 2010 = $2.08 today; worst… Turkey govt $1 in 2010 = $0.61 today.
• Equities: best…US equities $1 in 2010 = $3.46 today; worst…Greece $1 in 2010 = $0.07 today.

A little something for the goldbugs:

• Commodities: best…gold $1 in 2010 = $1.34 today; worst…oil $1 in 2010 = $0.74 today.

And last but not least:

• Asset class: best…Bitcoin $1 in 2010 = $90,026 today; worst…Myanmar Kyat $1 in 2010 = $0.004 (spot) today.

Sources: ZeroHedge

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Tags: 10 Year Best and Worst Performing Assets., Best and Worst Performing Assets 2010 to 2019