Owning an index fund comprised of companies from the EAFE area is one way to invest in those international markets. Indexes, such as the MSCI EAFE, are used as a benchmark for North American equity performance.
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Europe, Australasia, and Far East index — ( EAFE index) stock index, computed by Morgan Stanley Capital International. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
EAFE index — The European, Australian, and Far East stock index, computed by Morgan Stanley. The New York Times Financial Glossary See: Europe, Australasia, and Far East index … Financial and business terms
MSCI EAFE — The MSCI EAFE is a stock market index of foreign stocks, from the perspective of a North American investor. The index is market capitalization weighted (meaning that the weight of securities is determined based on their respective market… … Wikipedia
Index Fund — A type of mutual fund with a portfolio constructed to match or track the components of a market index, such as the Standard Poor s 500 Index (S P 500). An index mutual fund is said to provide broad market exposure, low operating expenses and low… … Investment dictionary
Index — A statistical measure of change in an economy or a securities market. In the case of financial markets, an index is an imaginary portfolio of securities representing a particular market or a portion of it. Each index has its own calculation… … Investment dictionary
List of stock market indices — Commonly used stock market indices include:GlobalLarge companies not ordered by any nation or type of business (in alphabetical order).*BBC Global 30 *MSCI World *S P Global 100 *S P Global 1200 *Russell Global 10000 Launched 17/01/07 *FTSE CNBC… … Wikipedia
Kursindex — Ein Aktienindex ist eine Kennzahl für die Entwicklung von ausgewählten Aktienkursen in einem Aktienmarkt. Er soll die Entwicklung auf diesem Teilmarkt des weltweiten Finanzgeschehens repräsentativ dokumentieren. Ausgangspunkt für die Berechnung… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Index (economics) — This article is about index in an economics and finance sense. For other uses, see Index. In economics and finance, an index is a single number calculated from a set of prices or of quantities. Examples are a price index, a quantity index (such… … Wikipedia
Morgan Stanley Capital International - MSCI — A leading provider of equity, fixed income and hedge fund indexes. MSCI has been providing global equity indexes for more than 30 years. In 2003, it launched a new family of U.S. equity indexes. Morgan Stanley s global equity benchmarks have… … Investment dictionary
