MSCI ALL COUNTRY WORLD INDEX WITH SELECTED HEADLINES FROM Q2 2025

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Presentation

Line chart showing MSCI All Country World Index through Q2 2025 where the index begins and ends around 420 with some fluctuation in between. Newspaper headlines annotate the timeline to mark important events. Each headline is described in the next section.

Data

March 31, 2025

• Trump Unveils Sweeping Tariffs in Stark Shift in US Trade Policy
• Trump Tariffs Send Dow to 1600-Point Decline, Dollar Slumps
• Stocks Stage Furious Rally as Trump Pauses Some Tariffs
• Stubbornly High Mortgage Rates Thwart the Crucial Home-Selling Season
• Pope Francis, Advocate for Economic and Social Justice, Dies at 88
• A Reckoning for the Magnificent Seven Tests the Market

April 30, 2025

• US Economy Contracted at 0.3% Rate in First Quarter
• Bank of England Cuts Rates After Fed Stands Pat
• Ukraine, US Sign Economic Deal for Minerals
• US and UK Unveil Framework for Trade Deal
• American Is Elected Pope for First Time
• Stocks Soar on Temporary US-China Tariff Rollback
• Monthly Inflation Picked Up in April in Midst of Tariff Swings
• S&P 500 Turns Positive on Year for First Time Since February
• US Loses Last Triple-A Credit Rating
• Consumer Sentiment Darkens Further with Inflation Worries Rising
• International Stocks Are Crushing US Equities by the Widest Margin Since 1993

May 31, 2025

• Treasury Yields Rise amid Fiscal, Trade Jitters
• US Trade Deficit Cut in Half on Record Drop in Imports
• ECB Cuts Rates for Eighth Time, Widening Gap With Fed
• Hiring Slowed in May, With 139,000 Jobs Added
• Israel Launches Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
• Fed Holds Rates Steady and Keeps Door Open to Cuts
• Massive US Strikes Target Iranian Nuclear Sites
• Global Business Remains Resilient in Face of Tariffs, Middle East War
• US Home Price Growth Cools to Near-Two-Year Low
• Historic Rebound Sends S&P 500 to New Highs
• Stocks Set New Record to Wrap Up First Half

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