We examine the risk and reward of investing by constructing a uniquely comprehensivemarket portfolio of $150 trillion worth of global assets that financial investors have investedin, spanning the period 1970-2022 at the monthly frequency. This monthly frequency allowsus to more accurately estimate the risks involved with investing. Even though the Sharperatio of the global market portfolio is not much higher than that of equities, it is much morestable over time. Moreover, drawdowns of the global market portfolio are less deep andshorter. When the market portfolio is expressed in other currencies than the U.S. dollar,risks of investing appear larger.

Actual value and historical data chart for Rwanda Portfolio Investment Equity Drs Us Dollar

The USA: Capital investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2024 is 6345.91 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 5971.33 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 144.23 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 128 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1960 to 2024 is 1913.82 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 122.48 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 6345.91 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2024.

The USA: Foreign Direct Investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2024 is 297.06 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 361.94 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 7.99 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 183 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1970 to 2024 is 156.02 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 0.77 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1971 while the maximum of 511.43 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2015.

Context

The Turkish Lira is losing its value against U.S. Dollar constantly. As of October 22, 2021, 1 USD = 9.61 Turkish Lira (TRY). On the other hand, interest rates are quite high, especially for the Turkish Lira.

I set out to investigate if I had $100000 in 2010 and invested this money in different interest rates in both Turkish Lira (TRY) and US Dollar (USD), which investment would bring more gain in 2021.

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The data has been gathered from Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Merkez Bankasi (TCMB), aka the Turkish FED, website. The data shows the historical interest rates as well as USD/TRY conversion rates between July 2010 and July 2021. The original data’s all column names and relative explanations were Turkish, so the columns are renamed and the data is cleaned.

There are ten cleaned columns on the dataset: Date, 1-month TRY interest rates, 3 months TRY interest rates, 6 months TRY interest rates, 1-year TRY interest rates, 1 month USD interest rates, 3 months USD interest rates, 6 months USD interest rates, 1 year USD interest rates, USD/TRY Buying Conversion Rate, USD/TRY Selling Conversion Rate.

** USD Buying means, the customer is selling USD to the bank/ exchange office ** USD Selling means, the customer is buying USD to the bank/ exchange office

Inspiration

Would it be more beneficial if I converted my $100000 in July 2010 to Turkish Lira, which is the equivalent of 153631.36 TRY using July 2010’s rates and invested with Turkish high-interest rates or kept my money as U.S. Dollars and invested with relatively lower U.S. Dollar interest rates until July 2021? $100000 is equivalent to 861294.12 TRY in July 2021.

Japan: Capital investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2023 is 1103.1 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 1141.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 175.62 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 157 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1970 to 2023 is 966.71 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 92.5 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1970 while the maximum of 1715.44 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 1995.

Actual value and historical data chart for United States Foreign Direct Investment Net Inflows Bop Us Dollar

Actual value and historical data chart for Rwanda Portfolio Investment Excluding Lcfar Bop Us Dollar

The USD to ruble value lost significant ground after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reaching a low of 135 rubles in March 2022. This devaluation is also observed in a chart that compares the monthly average of the ruble against both the U.S. dollar and the euro since 2008. A decline started in November 2020 and continued into 2021; no specific reason was given for the timing of this development. Interestingly, the USD/RUB exchange rate reached its highest point earlier in 2020, as one U.S. dollar could buy nearly 80 rubles in March 2020. Values were noticeably different years later, however, as the USD/RUB exchange rate was valued at 80.7 on November 14, 2025.

Actual value and historical data chart for Rwanda Foreign Direct Investment Net Bop Us Dollar

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Graph and download economic data for Gross Private Domestic Investment Change in Business Inventories, Current Dollars for United States (Q0503AUSQ244SNBR) from Q1 1921 to Q4 1939 about current dollars, inventories, investment, gross, domestic, business, private, and USA.

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These tables provide additional detail on the investment holdings of U.S. money market funds, based on a monthly dataset of security-level holdings for all U.S. money market funds. Table 1 reports the aggregate dollar amount of investments of U.S. money market funds since 2010, by the world region and country of the security issuer. Table 2 provides a finer level of detail by month, showing, for each country of issuer, the aggregate dollar amount of investments of U.S. money market funds by type of money fund (i.e., prime, government, and municipal bond funds), type of security (i.e., direct debt and deposits, repurchase agreement, asset-backed commercial paper, and other), and by maturity of the security. Table 3 depicts the asset allocation of U.S. money market fund portfolios over time. Tables 4, 5, and 6 show the asset allocation of prime, government, and tax-exempt money market funds, respectively, over time. The sum of the values in these three tables equals the total value of Table 3. Tables 7 and 8 report additional detail on the repurchase agreement holdings and the commercial paper holdings, respectively, for U.S. money market funds.

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This dataset was created by Rabi Kumar Singh

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Argentina: Capital investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2024 is 99.57 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 125.15 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 144.23 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 128 countries. Historically, the average for Argentina from 1960 to 2024 is 40.82 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 3.34 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1963 while the maximum of 125.15 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2023.

Japan: Foreign Direct Investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2024 is 17.17 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 20.18 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 7.99 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 183 countries. Historically, the average for Japan from 1970 to 2024 is 8.83 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -2.4 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2006 while the maximum of 62.58 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2020.

Russia: Capital investment, billion USD: The latest value from 2024 is 571.69 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from 559.46 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 144.23 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 128 countries. Historically, the average for Russia from 1988 to 2024 is 260.91 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 29.05 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1999 while the maximum of 571.69 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2024.

The return on investment (ROI) per every one U.S. dollar invested in legal tech worldwide in 2021 equated to around **** U.S. dollars, with forecasts suggesting that by 2027, this will rise to **** U.S. dollars.