{"id":565,"date":"2024-04-18T11:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T11:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allocatewisely.com\/?p=565"},"modified":"2024-05-12T14:14:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T14:14:49","slug":"msci-world-index-part-6-cagr-and-cumulative-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allocatewisely.com\/?p=565","title":{"rendered":"MSCI World Index &#8211; Part 10: CAGR and Cumulative Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: charter-3-reg-woff; color: #070707;\">Over the 36-year period, the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for the total return numbers is 8.3% in USD and 12.4% in ISK. For the price returns, it is 5.9% and 9.9%. So both exchange rate movements and total returns matter a lot, as can be seen more clearly in the two charts below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'charter-3-reg-woff',serif; color: #070707;\">The cumulative total return for the MSCI World Index over the 36-year period is 1.654% in US dollars and 6.712% in Icelandic kronas. In other words, a 100-unit invested at the end of 1987 was worth 1.754 dollars and 6.712 kronas at the end of last year (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.allocatewisely.com\/?attachment_id=3214\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-3.png?fit=639%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"639,343\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"msci 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-3.png?fit=625%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-3.png?resize=625%2C335\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-3.png?w=639&amp;ssl=1 639w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-3.png?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-3.png?resize=624%2C335&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'charter-3-reg-woff',serif; color: #070707;\">The cumulative price return for the MSCI World Index over the 36-year period is 677% in US dollars and 2.872% in Icelandic kronas. In other words, a 100-unit invested at the end of 1987 was worth 777 dollars and 2.972 kronas at the end of last year (2023).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3198\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.allocatewisely.com\/?attachment_id=3198\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-37.png?fit=640%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,342\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MSCI 37\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-37.png?fit=625%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3198\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-37.png?resize=625%2C334\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-37.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-37.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-37.png?resize=624%2C333&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'charter-3-reg-woff',serif; color: #070707;\">Here using a more proper semi-log y-axis scale with base 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.allocatewisely.com\/?attachment_id=3215\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-4.png?fit=641%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"641,342\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"msci 4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-4.png?fit=625%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-4.png?resize=625%2C333\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-4.png?w=641&amp;ssl=1 641w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-4.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/msci-4.png?resize=624%2C333&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.allocatewisely.com\/?attachment_id=3200\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-39.png?fit=640%2C342&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,342\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MSCI 39\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-39.png?fit=625%2C334&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-39.png?resize=625%2C334\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-39.png?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-39.png?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.allocatewisely.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MSCI-39.png?resize=624%2C333&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the 36-year period, the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for the total return numbers is 8.3% in USD and 12.4% in ISK. For the price returns, it is 5.9% and 9.9%. So both exchange rate movements and total returns matter a lot, as can be seen more clearly in the two charts below. 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