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October 26, 2018 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Last quarter, international equities delivered modest returns as strength in international developed markets was partially offset by weakness in emerging markets. Stylistically, broad international value stocks outperformed growth stocks, reducing their performance gap …
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All AudiencesAugust 02, 2018 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Global equities experienced mixed results for the second quarter as domestic equity markets generated strong returns and most international equity markets declined. Strong global corporate profits with solid regional and sectoral breadth aided performance. For foreign …
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All AudiencesApril 24, 2018 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Following last year’s relative tranquility, global equity market volatility picked up during the first quarter of 2018. Market gyrations first materialized in early February, driven by an increase in reported wages for US workers that came in well above consensus …
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All AudiencesJanuary 25, 2018 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Global equity markets ended 2017 on a strong note, up nearly 6% for the fourth quarter and 24% for the year. Performance was broadly positive, with both developed and emerging markets turning in strong double-digit returns for the 12-month period. Emerging market equities …
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All AudiencesOctober 25, 2017 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Global equity markets continued to climb higher during the third quarter, supported by wide-spread earnings growth and the persistence of a synchronized expansion across major world regions. Over both the quarter and year-to-date period, a weakening USD boosted …
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IndividualsApril 13, 2017 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review International equity markets turned in very strong performance during the first quarter of 2017, and although developed equities delivered strong returns, emerging markets (EM) were the notable outperformers. EMs generated an over 11% return—nearly double that of …
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All AudiencesJanuary 24, 2017 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Global equity markets shook off an October decline and finished the fourth quarter markedly higher on the heels of Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidential election. Expectations for policies that could lead to greater economic growth, including tax reform, increased …
October 17, 2016 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Movements in global equity markets were relatively subdued during most of the period, but as the September meetings of the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) and Bank of Japan (BoJ) drew near, moderate levels of volatility returned to financial markets. This was largely due to …
July 13, 2016 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Compared to the market gyrations at the outset of 2016, global financial markets were relatively sanguine for most of the second quarter. April and May saw a continuation of risk-on sentiment, and global equity markets followed a measure of economic surprises in some of …
April 14, 2016 | Market Commentary
Quarterly Market Review Following a volatile and lackluster 2015, global equity markets got off to a rocky start as 2016 opened. The MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) was down by more than 11% year-to-date as of February 11 before recovering most of its losses by mid-March. By the end of the …
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