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Mar 23, 2017

Fei Mei ChanDirector, Index Investment StrategyS&P Dow Jones Indices

Rising Rates Arrive

Which of the figures below belong together? It’s obvious, even if analogies aren’t your strong suit, that A is like C and B is like D. A and C are not like B and D. The economic relevance of this simple visual exercise is this: At its March 2017 meeting, the Federal Open Market…

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Jan 9, 2015

David BlitzerFormer Managing Director and Chairman of the Index CommitteeS&P Dow Jones Indices

Don’t Worry About the Fed

Money is often described has having four functions: store of value, unit of account, medium of exchange and a source of anxiety. Investors reading about the FOMC minutes published earlier this week are focused exclusively on the last function worrying about what will happen when the Fed raises interest rates. A glance at the last…

Categories Blitzer's Insights, Equities, Fixed Income, S&P 500 & DJIA, Strategy
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The Fed, Tightening

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Blitzer's Insights, Equities, Fixed Income, S&P 500 & DJIA, Strategy

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The Fed, Tightening

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Koel Ghosh Head of South Asia

Philip Murphy Managing Director, Global Head of Index Governance

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Aye Soe Managing Director, Global Head of Product Management

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Michael Orzano Senior Director, Global Equity Indices

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Maria Sanchez Associate Director, Global Research & Design

Ved Malla Associate Director, Client Coverage

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