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Weaker currency economies outperform

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The authors of the 2006 ABN Amro Global Investment Returns Yearbook rejected the theory that equity markets supported by strong currencies provide superior returns compared with weak equities in weak currency markets.

Using data since 1900 for 17 economies in addition to a broader sample of 53 countries, the study found that instead, equity markets experiencing currency weakness are more likely to outperform.

Out of the 17 countries over 105 years, weakest-currency countries came in at just over

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