- MSCI World
The MSCI World is a
stock market index of 'world' stocks. It is maintained byMSCI Inc. , formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International.The index includes a collection of stocks of all the
developed market s in the world, as defined by MSCI. The index includes securities from 23 countries, and has been calculated since 1969. The index is calculated withoutdividend s, with net or with gross dividends reinvested, in both US dollars and local currencies.It is a common benchmark for 'world' or 'global'
stock fund s.Countries
Australia ,Austria ,Belgium ,Canada ,Denmark ,Finland ,France ,Germany ,Greece ,Hong Kong ,Ireland ,Italy ,Japan ,Netherlands ,New Zealand ,Norway ,Portugal ,Singapore ,Spain ,Sweden ,Switzerland ,United Kingdom ,United States ee also
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MSCI EAFE External links
* [http://www.mscibarra.com/products/indices/stdindex/performance.jsp Current index at MSCI Barra]
* [http://index.onvista.de/snapshot.html?ID_NOTATION=3193857 Current index at OnVista]
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