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It’s now clear the UK economy is doing relatively well compared with Europe, rather than falling behind, as was previously thought. However, in stockmarket terms, Europe remains the leader.
Over the past five years, the UK’s FTSE All Share index has returned 20% while the FTSE Europe ex-UK index has returned 40%. As a result, Europe ex-UK still accounts for around 12%