Money in the Market: How have indexes responded to previous rate-cycle pauses and pivots?

There are several questions on the minds of investors - whether the outlook for earnings-per-share (EPS) growth reflects a soft landing, whether the EPS predictions have fully reflected in valuations, and how equities might respond to interest rates’ remaining higher for longer. In fact, in response to the current market environment, a stock index that tracks broad global equity-market performance, called the MSCI ACWI, rose 6.3% in the second quarter of 2023. So to find out more about this stock index and to review market performance through the lens of MSCI indexes, on Money in the Market, Hongbin Jeong speaks to Hitendra D. Varsani, Managing Director and Head of Derivatives & Exchanges Solutions Research, MSCI.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.