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MSCI Inc (MSCI) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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MSCI provides index, analytics and data products used across the investment process rather than making anything physical. Its Index segment builds benchmarks such as MSCI World, which asset managers licence for ETFs, mutual funds and derivatives, plus the GICS sector classification used across the industry.

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The desk on MSCI

What this diary said about MSCI Inc, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for MSCI, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 13 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “AI Trade — builders and runners sold, users bought: chips enter a bear market, Accenture +9.9% on the week” (2026-10-19)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where MSCI appears in the diary — 13 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

101 and glossary

Dailies

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 47/100 · S&P 500 fund at 48, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-11-06
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 60th percentile of the window, -22.8% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-11-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.91 · down 2.45 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-11-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.44 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How MSCI has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.44 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), MSCI Inc moved 0.44% on average · correlation 0.14 · higher than 35% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 1.03 more rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.50% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days +0.07% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against MSCI on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — MSCI Inc

MSCI in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
MSCI provides index, analytics and data products used across the investment process rather than making anything physical. Its Index segment builds benchmarks such as MSCI World, which asset managers licence for ETFs, mutual funds and derivatives, plus the GICS sector classification used across the industry. Its Analytics segment covers risk, performance and portfolio tools, while separate Sustainability and Climate, Private Assets and Private Capital Solutions segments extend the same data model into ESG and private-market investing. It is headquartered in New York.
Where it sits in the stack
MSCI carries no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index, or in Halo; it sits instead in the financial-data and benchmark-provider corner of our wider universe, where it is a constraint on how index-linked products are built rather than a participant in the chip or compute chain.
Who it is priced against
The diary holds no formal peer group for MSCI; the comparison the market draws is with S&P Global, which runs the rival S&P index and analytics business.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
MSCI is an S&P 500 constituent but does not carry a Closelooknet score. It appears repeatedly in the diary as the index-construction reference point — in a Weekly Signal comparing regional ETFs, a Heresy piece on MSCI World's US concentration, and a Strategy note on the options depth of MSCI-linked funds.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether debate over how concentrated MSCI's flagship indexes have become in a handful of US names changes flows into the funds that licence them.

MSCI Inc (MSCI) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 4 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-10-21

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for MSCI from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 671 from 662 Target raised to $671 from $662 (+13.4% to spot) 2026-10-21
  • Price target Wells Fargo — target 720 from 685 Target raised to $720 from $685 (+21.7% to spot) 2026-10-21
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 684 from 672 Target raised to $684 from $672 (+15.6% to spot) 2026-10-20

4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.24%, quarterly · last 2.05 USD on 2026-08-14

Dividends and capital return

What MSCI pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 7.95 USD per share · a 1.24% yield on the 2026-11-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-11-06
  • Change on the year +13.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 7.00 USD per share
  • Last distribution 2.05 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-14
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.38 USD (partial) · 2024: 6.40 USD · 2025: 7.20 USD · 2026: 6.15 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-08

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-11-07

Quick answers

What is MSCI Inc (MSCI)?

MSCI Inc trades as MSCI on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-11-07.

Is MSCI in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — MSCI Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-11-07.

Where does MSCI trade against its moving averages?

MSCI Inc trades 11.4% above its 50-day and 11.7% above its 200-day moving average (5.6% above its 20-day). As of 2026-11-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does MSCI Inc compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Financial Data & Stock Exchanges · United States), MSCI Inc (MSCI) sits 5.9% below its 52-week high, 11.4% above its 50-day average; Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE) is 4.6% below, Morningstar Inc (MORN) is 1.9% below, Nasdaq Inc (NDAQ) is 3.9% below, as of 2026-11-06. Put any of them next to MSCI in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does MSCI Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year MSCI Inc had a beta of 0.44 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 35% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.50% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-11-06; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about MSCI Inc?

MSCI Inc appears in 13 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-11-07, most recently Morning 10: AI Trade — builders and runners sold, users bought: chips enter a bear market, Accenture +9.9% on the week (2026-10-19); Morning 10: AI Trade — Asia bounces, Kospi +3.3%; Nasdaq-100 holds its support line, Jakarta −10.8% on MSCI (2026-10-16); Daily Pulse: AI Search — The Owners of the Facts Are Down 20–40%, the Answer Boxes Sit Near Their Highs (2026-09-22). What Closelooknet said most recently: Indonesia kept falling: the Jakarta Composite was down 5.0% at 4,923, its lowest since 2020, after Friday's fall of more than 11% on MSCI's plan to move the country out of its emerging-market indexes. (Morning 10, 2026-10-19). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does MSCI Inc do?

MSCI provides index, analytics and data products used across the investment process rather than making anything physical. Its Index segment builds benchmarks such as MSCI World, which asset managers licence for ETFs, mutual funds and derivatives, plus the GICS sector classification used across the industry. Its Analytics segment covers risk, performance and portfolio tools, while separate Sustainability and Climate, Private Assets and Private Capital Solutions segments extend the same data model into ESG and private-market investing. The diary holds no formal peer group for MSCI; the comparison the market draws is with S&P Global, which runs the rival S&P index and analytics business. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Where does MSCI Inc sit in the AI build-out?

MSCI carries no seat in Rubin, the diary's AI build-out index, or in Halo; it sits instead in the financial-data and benchmark-provider corner of our wider universe, where it is a constraint on how index-linked products are built rather than a participant in the chip or compute chain. MSCI is an S&P 500 constituent but does not carry a Closelooknet score. It appears repeatedly in the diary as the index-construction reference point — in a Weekly Signal comparing regional ETFs, a Heresy piece on MSCI World's US concentration, and a Strategy note on the options depth of MSCI-linked funds. (Company snapshot of 2026-09-17.)

Does MSCI Inc pay a dividend?

MSCI Inc has paid 7.95 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.24% on the 2026-11-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.05 USD on 2026-08-14. As of 2026-11-06; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on MSCI Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on MSCI Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-10-21 (target 671 from 662). 4 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 4 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

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