Prior to the December Fed meeting, there will be one more checkup on the labor market and two more third-quarter GDP revisions. Investors should take the time now to position accordingly as the likelihood of an interest rate hike increases.
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Definitions
MSCI ACWI Index
The MSCI ACWI Index is a free-float weighted equity index and includes both emerging and developed world markets.
S&P 500 Index
The S&P 500, or the Standard & Poor’s 500, is an index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ. The S&P 500 index components and their weightings are determined by S&P Dow Jones Indices.
EURO STOXX Index
The EURO STOXX 50 Index, Europe’s leading blue-chip index for the Eurozone, provides a blue-chip representation of supersector leaders in the Eurozone. The index covers 50 stocks from 12 Eurozone countries.
1State Street Global Advisors, Bloomberg, as of 10/30/2015
2State Street Global Advisors, FactSet, as of 10/30/2015
3State Street Global Advisors, Bloomberg, as of 10/30/2015
4State Street Global Advisors, Bloomberg, as of 10/30/2015
6State Street Global Advisors, Bloomberg, as of 10/30/2015
7CNBC.com, “Janet Yellen: December rate hike a ‘live possibility’,” as of 11/4/2015
8Bloomberg, as of 10/30/2015