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Indian Capital Markets Followed Global Trends in the First Half of 2020
2020 has been overshadowed by the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown across the world. Capital markets have been negatively affected globally as well as locally in India. The lockdown in India began during the third week of March 2020 and has only recently been slightly relaxed. The first half of 2020 was volatile for…
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A First Look Inside The Communication Services Select Sector Index
In accordance with the announced upcoming communication services sector change, the new Communication Services Select Sector Index is now live. The select sectors are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) but have different construction rules than the sectors of the S&P 500. In the Select Sectors, each index is made up of all…
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Where May Equities Go From Here?
February ended the longest historical monthly winning streak of 15 months for the S&P 500 (TR) that lost 3.7%. On a total return basis for the month, 10 of 11 sectors lost, which has only happened in 12 of 342 months or 3.5% of the time (all 11 lost together in 13 months for a…
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Why Mixing Media With Telecom Grows Communication
The means by which we communicate has grown over the past several years as a result of integration between telecommunications, media, and internet companies. In response, S&P Dow Jones Indices and MSCI recently announced the expansion of the Telecommunications Services Sector into a new Communication Services Sector to be implemented after the close on Friday, September 28, 2018. While the companies…
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Oil’s Price Rise Boosts All Equity Sectors, But One
The S&P GSCI Crude Oil Total Return is up 15.2%, its biggest six day gain, ending Aug. 18, 2016, since the six day gain of 16.1%, ending on Apr. 13, 2016. As both the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and IEA (International Energy Agency) consider the oil price as a major input to global GDP estimates, and the IMF states the…
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