Equity & Wealth Creation in 2020

On a regular business day in early November of 2019, the Jamaican flag is flown high on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).1 Why? An honour bestowed to the region’s leading stock exchange as it continues to be named one of the world’s best performing stock exchange.

On a regular business day in early November of 2019, the Jamaican flag is flown high on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).1 Why? An honour bestowed to the region’s leading stock exchange as it continues to be named one of the world’s best performing stock exchange.

In keeping with its stellar 2018 performance that saw Bloomberg hail the JSE as the best exchange in 20182, the JSE displayed another year of
strong performance in 2019.

In comparison to several indices worldwide, the JSE come out atop. The JSE Main market bested the internationally known U.S. indices – the Dow Jones and S&P 500 as it advanced by 34.21% in 2019. Regionally, the JSE almost tripled the performance of the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange (TTSE) which advanced by 12.74%. The Tokyo Stock Exchange listed index – the Nikkei only managed to advance by 18.26%. The London Stock Exchange (LSE) index – the FTSE 100 which consists of the 100 companies listed on the LSE with the highest market capitalization only managed to advance by 12.01%.

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