Global equities fell 4.14% in September, bringing down Q3 returns to negative 3.4%, the first quarterly decline in the past three quarters. Year to date however, the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) is up 10.06%. In the US, the S&P 500 index slumped -4.87% in a...
The third quarter of 2023 presented speed bumps in financial markets. Across global equity markets we saw stocks pull back and at the same time bond yields moved higher.
Global equities slipped 2.79% in August, yet the MSCI All Country World Index’s (ACWI) year-to-date gain still stands at an impressive 14.80% over the first eight months of the year.
Global stocks added 3.66% in July to bring their 2023 return to 18.11% YTD – marking the MSCI All Country World Index’s (ACWI) best year-to-date gain since 2009 when markets recovered from the global financial crisis.
Global stocks rallied to finish the month up 5.81% and the quarter up 6.18%, and closing the first half of 2023 up 13.93%. It was the second-best start to a year since the inception of the
As the United States teetered on the possibility of defaulting on its sovereign debt during tense weeks in May, global equities slipped -1.07% in May bringing the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) return to 7.68% so far in 2023.
Global Equities gained 1.44% in April to bring their YTD returns to 8.85%. In the U.S., markets were mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its best month since January, climbing 2.48%.
Global equities rose 3.08% in March and were up 7.31% for the quarter, despite much volatility sparked by the abrupt collapse in early March of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
Global Equities roared into 2023 like a lion with the second-best January on record – up 7.17% — but went out like a lamb in February: the MSCI All-Country World Index fell 2.87%
If there is a way to “bounce back” after a brutal 2022 that closed with global equities down -18.36%, it is to come out of the gates strong. Global equities did just that, climbing 7.17% in January. It was the MSCI All-Country World Index’s (ACWI) best January since 2019 and second-best January on record…
2022 was a brutal year even if its final quarter was slightly less so. Global equities fell 3.94% in December, but still managed to gain 9.76% for the quarter, making Q4 the year’s best for the MSCI All-Country World Index. That said, the ACWI tanked -18.36% in 2022,...
Global Equities marched 7.76% higher in November following October’s 6.03% rally. The MSCI All-Country World Index is now up 14.26% in 2022’s final quarter, but still down 15.02% on the year. Stock prices soared on the final trading day in November after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a speech to the Brookings Institute that the pace of interest rate hikes will likely slow as soon as its December meeting.