Here’s a two-year comparison of the FTSE 100 versus the Dax, showing the FTSE quite clearly outperforming the Dax in the period (via Bloomberg):

Now here’s the DAX in sterling terms versus the FTSE — can you spot the difference in performance?

And just to be sure there’s no mistake, here’s the FTSE in euro terms versus the DAX:

And lastly (H/T to one of our Bloomberg literate readers) here’s the FTSE versus the DAX in trade weighted terms:

Related links:
Sterling slammed – FT Alphaville
The dollar-adjusted S&P 500 – FT Alphaville

This entry was posted by Izabella Kaminska on Monday, October 12th, 2009 at 10:49 and is filed under Capital markets. Tagged with Dax, euro, FTSE 100, sterling. Edit this entry.