Performance Evaluation of Stock Markets

The authors concentrate their attention on the performance evaluation of stock markets. The markets evaluation and selection is the important part of investment decision making. In order to develop a conceptual framework for investment decisions in financial markets, it is important to establish a logical model for market selection. The main purpose of the article - to propose the scheme of stock market evaluation and selection for investment portfolio formation. The authors propose the scheme, according to that, it is possible to analyse the issue of the market value and to select markets that may potentially generate a sustainable investment return for investor, taking into account that sustainable investment return is the stable investment return for a long period. According to the analysis of selected stock markets and their evaluation using three-dimension utility function, the authors identified the most stable markets to investors for investment portfolio formation.