Tag: 2020 year in review
2020 was a year of surprises! Many significant events happened which impacted many people’s lives as well as the finance market. The severity of pandemic and lockdown, US election, emerging unemployment rate, and many impactful events took JANUARY: A look back at markets in January when the spread of coronavirus saw investors favor “safe haven” […]
MAY: A review of markets in May when shares were supported by an increasing focus on how lockdowns would be lifted. Equity markets rose on the whole in May as Covid-19 lockdown measures began to be lifted and further support measures were announced. Escalating tensions between the US and China, however, limited emerging market equity […]
SEPTEMBER: US equity markets closed higher on the day and on the quarter; DJIA +1.2% (+7.6% Q3), S&P 500 +0.8% (+8.5% Q3), Nasdaq +0.7% (+11.0% Q3), and Russell 2000 0.2% (+4.6% Q3). Canada’s real GDP by industry output advanced 3.0% month on month (m/m) in July, matching the flash estimate from last month as output […]
