Market Update – April 5, 2019
What a way to start the new year; the major world equity markets finished the first three months with strong returns. The tech heavy NASDAQ Composite Index led the way with a return of 16.49% for Q1 2019, followed by the S&P 500 at 13.07% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average came in with a gain of 11.15%. The rest of the world was not far behind, the MSCI All World Index ex US had a positive return of just over 9.5% and the MSCI Emerging Markets Index had a respectable 9.54% increase.
