Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia, Far East Index

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Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australia, Far East Index

An index published by Morgan Stanley Capital International that tracks stocks in Europe, Australia, and East Asia. It is considered one of the most important indices for stocks outside the United States; indeed, its strong performance in the 1980s and early 1990s has been credited with spurring American interest in foreign investment. It is weighted for market capitalization.

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EFAV is designed to be the low volatility answer to the MSCI EAFE Index. Over the past 90 days, the minimum volatility fund is higher by 3.3% while the widely followed MSCI EAFE Index is lower by 0.10%.

If You're Looking At International Stocks, Consider This ETF

Indeed, the S&P 500 Index of mostly large-capitalization domestic stocks has outperformed the MSCI EAFE Index of international stocks by an annualized 7.5 percent since the start of the bull market.

True portfolio diversification involves multiple asset classes

stocks (MSCI EAFE Index) and emerging market stocks (MSCI Emerging Markets Index) having been 16.3 percent, 8.7 percent and 5.2 percent respectively.

Capital Perspectives: Justifying international equities

The fund's portfolio managers, Fred Copper and Daisuke Nomoto, will invest in companies that they believe are attractively priced and have better growth, returns and profitability versus the fund's benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index.1 Generating ideas with Columbia Threadneedle's global research team, the portfolio managers believe that stocks with a combination of these attributes tend to outperform through market cycles.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments launches Fund

REFA seeks to outperform the MSCI EAFE Index, with an expense ratio of 42 basis points.

IndexIQ Lowers Fees for 3 Currency-Hedged ETFs: Portfolio Products

Optimism on the geopolitical front and a stronger Japanese Yen helped the MSCI EAFE index gain a return of 6.8 percent in the first quarter.

Canadian pension plan sponsors record Q1 2017 uptick

1, 2009, the S&P 500 experienced average annualized returns of -2.89%, compared to -0.08% for the MSCI EAFE Index and 9.48% for the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

Adjusting Portfolio Correlations With ETFs

The blue line in the accompanying chart plots, from the end of 1999 through the first quarter of this year, an index of return of the MSCI EAFE index (covering large companies in the markets of Europe, Asia and the Far East), while the purple line represents the Standard & Poor's (S&P) 500, and the green line at the bottom shows the correlation between their returns for rolling 24-month periods.

Global Equities

For instance, in three out of the last four calendar years, the Standard & Poor's 500 index has topped the chief international benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index. In total, the S&P has gained 15.9% annually over that four-year period, while the EAFE returned just 8.6% per year.

Include international stocks for a diverse portfolio: variety makes for a healthy investment mix

The S&P 500 Total Return Index finished the quarter up 2.9 percent, and the MSCI EAFE Index rose approximately 1.5 percent.

Pension funding status improves in Q2

Puts protecting against a 10 per cent drop in the iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund cost 5.79 points more than calls betting on a 10 per cent increase on May 3, according to three-month data compiled by Bloomberg.