Which countries will deliver world-beating returns to shareholders over the next four years? That’s the question we ask in today’s unofficial and unscientific Stock Market World Cup.

We have four closely fought international matchups to decide:

• UK vs France
• Germany vs China
• USA vs Japan
• India vs Brazil

And in today’s Dumb Question of the Week: Why do index funds not perfectly track the performance an index?

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