The Road So Far

It's time for some "peak performance" stock-market statistics.

Markets down more than 70%:

Vietnam (-70.5%)
Peru (-73.2%)
Ireland (-73.4%)
Russia (-73.9%)
Iceland (-88.7%).

Markets down between 60% and 70%:

Hong Kong (-60.1%)
Poland (-62.6%)
China (-69.8%).

Markets down between 50% and 60%:

South Korea (-54.5%)
Italy (-55.2%)
Egypt (-56.9%)
Brazil (-57.2%)
Japan (-58.1%)
Singapore (-58.2%)
Turkey (-58.5%)
India (-58.3%).

Markets down between 40% and 50%:

Great Britain (-42.3%)
Australia (-43.3%)
U.S. S&P 500 (-44.0%)
Spain (-46.4%)
Germany (-47.0%)
Mexico (-48.3%).

The mood: