Geographical Coverage

This table shows for which individual country, regional and global investment mandates the asset allocation and market timing system generates predictions. See notes below for exceptions to individual asset classes. To ensure comparability and consistency the system is based on a proprietary set of regional and global indices. These are designed for decision making about investments between different international markets, investing styles, funds and portfolios and are not intended for performance measurement.

Global Coverage by RouteMap

Assets RouteMap: Regional options for US, Japan, UK, Europe ex UK, Europe inc. UK and World
Bonds RouteMap: All countries, except Emerging Markets, plus regional and global aggregates
Forex RouteMap: All countries but no regional aggregates, except Euro-zone
Shares RouteMap: All countries and regional aggregates plus global mandates ex major home markets
Styles RouteMap: Regional options for North America, Asia/Japan,UK, Europe ex UK, Europe inc. UK and World

Notes

• Assets analyses Cash, Domestic Bonds, Foreign Bonds, Domestic Shares, Foreign Shares, Real Estate, All Assets
• Styles analyses Growth & Value Investing, SmallCaps, Technology, Gold and Resources, Health Care, Financials and Real Estate
• (A) China is included in the research coverage because because it is too important to ignore, but excluded from the indices until the restrictions on foreign investment in its stock market are removed
• Developed Countries are represented by data for the largest G7 countries