Canadians may think of Mexico as a country devastated by violence and drug-related crime. The stock market offers a far more optimistic view.

Mexico’s bourse is the second-best performing major market in the world so far this year, lagging only Germany’s. The benchmark IPC index has soared 23.6 per cent in U.S.-dollar terms (20 per cent in Canadian-dollar terms), as investors have become increasingly convinced that cartel violence can’t derail Mexico’s economic growth.

via Mexico’s market shines as reforms, confidence take hold – The Globe and Mail.