by Bryan Taylor | Aug 28, 2019 | Data, Economics
Global financial Data has calculated an index for Emerging Markets that far precedes any indices that are currently available. MSCI’s emerging market index begins in 1987. GFD’s Emerging Market Index begins in 1602. Though few people may realize it, emerging...
by Bryan Taylor | Aug 19, 2019 | Historical
Dr. Bryan Taylor, Chief Economist, Global Financial Data This is the third in a series of blogs we are writing about global bear markets that have occurred over the past 400 years. Global Financial Data has calculated a World Stock Index that covers...
by Bryan Taylor | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, Historical, Insights
Dr. Bryan Taylor, Chief Economist, Global Financial Data Financial markets have evolved over time. The relationship between stocks and bonds differed in each of the eras that Global Financial Data has designated in the past: Mercantilism (1602-1800),...
by Bryan Taylor | Aug 12, 2019 | GFD Finaeon Updates, GFD in Research, GFD News
Dr. Bryan Taylor, Chief Economist, Global Financial Data Global Financial Data has added a number of sectors to its collection of S&P Sector Indices for the S&P 500 Composite, S&P 400 Midcap, S&P 600 Small Cap and S&P 1500 Supercomposite....
by Bryan Taylor | Jun 18, 2019 | Historical, Insights
GFD has calculated a global index of stocks that begins in 1602 and continues until the present. With this index, we can track the changes in global stock markets over the past 400 years, determine when bear markets occurred and study the causes of those bear markets....
