The Investor Quarterly Market Commentary and Investment Perspectives
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Global capital equity markets continued their historic advance in the third calendar quarter of 2017, led once again by foreign developed, and emerging markets. Foreign developed equity markets were up +5.4% (MSCI EAFE Index) for the quarter, while their emerging market counterparts were up even more, gaining +7.9% (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) for the period (1). The U.S. stock market once again lagged its foreign competitors for the quarter (S&P 500 Index was up +4.5%), though investors had to be pleased to see a bit of reacceleration in their momentum from the quarter prior, when the Index gained just +3.1% (2). “Growth” stocks continued to outperform “value” stocks during the full quarter, though the month of September saw value stocks surge.
