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Investing globally can help your money grow.
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Markets outside the United States can offer faster economic growth and many investment opportunities.
Faster growth
Abundant choices
The global and emerging economies are projected to continue
growing faster than that of the United States.
Non-U.S. markets compose roughly half of the
global opportunity set.
Estimated GDP growth (%)
United States
52.9%
6
Other
25.5%
United Kingdom
6.8%
Emerging economies
5
World
4
United States
3
2
Switzerland
3.3%
France
3.4%
1
0
Japan
8.1%
2016
2017
2018
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2015.
MSCI All-Country World Index, as of 12/31/15.
This data is historical, and past performance is not a guarantee of future results. The MSCI ACWI is a
free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market
performance of developed and emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI consists of 44 country indices
comprising 23 developed and 21 emerging-market country indices. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index
(ND) is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure equity market
performance in the global emerging markets. The MSCI World Index (ND) is an unmanaged index of
equity securities from developed countries. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of common stock
performance. All returns are quoted in U.S. dollars. Indexes assume reinvestment of distributions and do
not account for taxes. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. For some years, other international
markets not shown also outperformed U.S. stocks. Performance of Putnam funds will differ.