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Global Market Overview | January 2025 04 February 2025 Ashburton Investments

Global equity markets started the year on a positive note with major regions locking in solid gains (MSCI World Index: +3.7%, MSCI Emerging Market Index: +1.7%) during January. Despite some uncertainty weaving through the markets as investors mulled the impact of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, sentiment remained generally positive on the back of persistently resilient US economic data as well as very encouraging results out of several key sectors in the United States (US).

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Global Equity Growth Fund: Q4 2024 16 January 2025 Kathy Davey

The biggest news for the final quarter of 2024 was Donald Trump winning the US election. Global markets largely tracked sideways over the quarter, however, the election of President Trump was received positively by the US stock market and the S&P 500 gained 2.4% over the period.

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