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The fastest bear-market recovery in history showed little sign of wavering in August. Investor optimism remained buoyant on signs of progress in developing a vaccine to quell the pandemic, which helped to instill confidence in a swift global economic revival.

After a solid start to the new year, sentiment deteriorated and the global equity market rally stalled-out even as the ramped-up global vaccination campaign and the prospect for increased U.S. fiscal spending emboldened calls for a rapid recovery.

Sentiment remained fragile in March as the Russia-Ukraine war continued to reverberate through financial markets

Investors headed towards the end of 2019 in an optimistic mood as two policy risks that were plaguing sentiment throughout the year receded in December, while some nascent signs of a stabilizing global economy also buoyed risk appetite. Of note, the US and China managed to agree on the details of a “phase one” trade […]

The end of the summer brought with it a shift in sentiment.