PITTSBURGH, Nov. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Global equity markets were down and volatility was up during the third quarter, and the large-cap S&P 500 Index suffered its largest quarterly decline in four years, and the MSCI Emerging Index ending at its lowest closing level since 2009. Primary factors were interest rate uncertainty with the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank maintaining their policy, the economic slowdown in China, and commodity prices substantial drop. The S&P 500 had a return of -6.44% in the quarter and is -5.29% year-to-date. That was better than global equity performance, as the MSCI All Country World ex-US returned -12.1% in the quarter and is -8.28%...
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