Market Insight October 04, 2020

Weekly Commentary & Strategy

Last week major global stocks managed to finish higher, although the market drifted lower, on Friday, after the news that President Trump and the First Lady tested positive for Covid-19. In our view, this news will have behavioural effects on consumers, who were getting ready to get back to normal economic activities and will question the re-opening phase. On the economic front, the U.S. economy added 661,000 jobs, which indicates a slowdown in the pace of job gains. However, the unemployment rate at 7.9% was better than expected….