10 March 2021
Monthly Market review – Download Article
One year ago coronavirus began to ravage the global economy and stock markets. The ensuing
recession was the worst since the Great Depression, yet over those 12 months global equities have
returned almost 30%, despite a 35% decline in the initial few weeks of the pandemic. Emergency
policy support on an unprecedented scale underpinned markets, more recently turbo-charged by the
extraordinary success of the vaccine development and roll-out programme.
