Over the period 2000-2009,most correlations between the U.S.stock index and stock-index portfolios of other countries were

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Most correlations between the U.S. stock index and stock-index portfolios of other countries were positive but less than .9 during the period of 2000-2009. This means that there was a general trend of positive relationships between the U.S. stock market and other global markets during this decade, but the strength of these relationships was not extremely high, as indicated by the correlation coefficients being less than .9.

Over the Period 2000-2009,most Correlations Between the U