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Global markets have continued to recover from the panic of the initial COVID-19 pandemic as the anticipated vacines begin to be distributed.  The U.S. presidential election seems to be finalized, and that is one less thing the markets have to be uncertain about.  Markets consider uncertainty as a risk factor, and the more uncertain things are, generally…

Global markets have continued to recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Large companies represented by the S&P 500 Index have continued to outperform almost everything else and gained 8.93% for the quarter, and are up 5.57% YTD. Small companies represented by the Russell 2000 increased 4.93% for the quarter, but are still down 8.7% YTD.  International stocks represented…