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Product Documentation
MSCI Constituent HistoryThe historical data available for the constituents of the MSCI Global Equity Indices is broad and deep, providing over 40 years of Developed Markets (DM) history and nearly 25 years of Emerging Markets (EM) history. This comprehensive history of the global investable Indices universe is ideal for anyone wishing to back-test investment strategies.
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MSCI Blog
What has affected minimum volatility index performance?As we head further into 2019, some of last year’s concerns, including market volatility and interest-rate uncertainty, continue to occupy investors’ minds. With the assumption that rates-related concerns continue and uncertainty looms in the global equity markets, the question is how minimum volatility indexes behaved in an environment dominated by these two opposing forces.
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For target-date funds, hindsight was 40/60Recent market volatility has been especially unkind to those closest to and early in retirement, as the sequence of returns matters for retirement income. Would low-volatility and ESG investments have benefited target date funds during volatile periods?
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MSCI Blog
Measuring Firms’ Remote-Workforce AbilitiesIt’s clear that some companies were better positioned to take advantage of a remote work environment than others. We built a hypothetical “remote-operation capacity” factor to seek to measure the effect on different firms.
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MSCI Blog
Factors in Focus: Go with the Flow?In the latest edition of Factors in Focus, we look at flows into equity factor ETFs and whether it has been profitable, historically, to follow the money, along with our analysis of factor and factor-index performance over the second quarter.
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MSCI Blog
What Really Drove Value and Growth Fund Performance?Many look to market-cap indexes when comparing the performance characteristics of growth and value funds — including manager skill. We found a switch to style indexes reduced industry- and style-factor contributions and made manager skill more apparent.
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No Country for Old Firms? Revisiting Growth and Thematic InvestingInvestors that were previously enthralled with growth at any price have since retreated. With this in mind, we focus on spotting key differences between growth and thematic investing, and highlight how the two can complement each another.
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MSCI Blog
Growth’s recent outperformance was and wasn’t an anomalyGrowth strategies have outperformed value strategies in recent years. Is growth’s recent performance an anomaly when we look at it in a long-term context? The answer: It depends on what you mean by a growth strategy.
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MSCI Blog
Did Value-Factor Exposure Deliver for Value Funds?Building on previous MSCI research into the nuanced performance of the value factor, including the impact of sectors and other style factors, we look at how exposure to value drove the performance of actively managed value funds.
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MSCI Blog
Hedging Inflation: A ScorecardAggressive actions by central banks and soaring government budget deficits have raised concerns among some investors that inflation may significantly rise. We examine whether an inflation hedge was worth the cost over the past 13 years.