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Global Market Commentary – September 2024

Global Market Commentary – September 2024

Expectations for global stocks were low for September, historically a challenging month for equity markets. Yet the MSCI All Country World Index’s (ACWI) made five new all-time highs as it gained 2.32% MTD return to bring a choppy Q3 performance to a strong 6.61% return.

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Global Market Commentary August 2024

Global Market Commentary August 2024

Global stocks suffered a steep selloff to start the month with the MSCI All Country World Index’s (ACWI) losing as much as 7.73% on August 5th before recovering to finish “an August to remember” at its all-time high, gaining 2.54% for the month bringing YTD returns to 15.97%.

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Global Market Commentary July 2024

Global Market Commentary July 2024

Global stocks, as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI), continued their 2024 gains and new closing highs (nine in July and 39 YTD) before finishing a volatile month up 1.61%. ACWI closed at an all-time high on July 17th which saw MTD returns as high as up 3.71% intramonth.

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What to Know Now About Direct Indexing

What to Know Now About Direct Indexing

Recently, there seems to be a lot of buzz around a tool called “direct indexing”. More and more Perigon clients are using it in their portfolios, and I’ve even seen it in consumer-facing marketing from financial companies.

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Global Market Commentary – May 2024

Global Market Commentary – May 2024

Global stocks rebounded 4.06% in May to overcome April’s -3.30% slump, bringing the MSCI All Country World Index’s YTD gain to 8.88%. The global benchmark for stocks reached seven all-time highs in May, bringing its 2024 tally to 28 record highs so far this year.

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