Macro matters: Life after lockdown

This week marks the rather grim milestone of a year since the World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 spread a global pandemic. But with vaccines being rolled out and lockdown easing, we might be glimpsing the light at the end of the tunnel. The big question remains: what will the world look like when lockdown is over?

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A post-COVID economy

A post-COVID economy

The big difference between the vaccine rollouts and the scale of the stimulus measures across the world could result in a K-shaped global economic recovery, with much of the developed world booming but poorer countries continuing to struggle. However the

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Global economic outlook – a strong rebound, but scars will remain

Two forces will drive a strong rebound in the global economy over the next three years: widespread vaccine roll-out allowing a progressive easing of lock-downs, and additional large scale US fiscal stimulus.

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Are market experts prone to heuristics, and if so, do they transfer across closely related domains—buying and selling? We investigate this question using a unique dataset of institutional investors with portfolios averaging $573 million.

Alpha Decay

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