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...
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CIO Quarterly Update – Q4 2023 Looking Beyond the Headlines
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 Market Commentary – August 2023
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.
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Global Market Commentary – July 2023
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 Market Commentary – June 2023
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
Global Market Commentary – May 2023
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 Market Commentary – April 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 Market Commentary – March 2023
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 Market Commentary – February 2023
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%
Last Week in Review – February 10, 2023
Last week the major benchmarks ended lower with relatively few critical economic releases or other concrete sentiment drivers. Sector performance was relatively uniform within the S&P 500 Index, with energy stocks being
Global Market Commentary – January 2023
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…