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Year in review: Fidelity business update
It’s hard to know how to feel about the last 12 months. Tumultuous is the word that immediately springs to mind, dare I say unprecedented? However you describe it, it’s certainly a period in our lives that I think we’ll look back on with very mixed feelings. Fidelity's Managing Director, Alva Devoy looks back on one of the most volatile periods in history in our 'Year in review'.
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Robots on the rise in a post-Covid world
Restrictions to curtail the spread of Covid-19 have reduced operations at factories and global supply chains have been impacted. We think factory automation will accelerate further in a post-Covid world, as machines don’t get sick and can work continuously 24/7/365, excluding maintenance.
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Biden is the change candidate in the US elections
Markets are still working through the Covid-19 outbreak and the economic recession, but the November US presidential election will gradually start to capture more attention. At this point, Democrat hopeful Joe Biden is the favourite to win with a clean sweep of the houses of congress, but it is too early to take a firm view and future events could dislodge current expectations. However, we can analyse policy differences and their implications for investors.
Landmark EU deal may lead to better economic outcomes
After five days of intense negotiations, European Union (EU) countries have reached a deal on a huge coronavirus recovery package - a landmark agreement after years of discussion about who should pay for what within the EU’s budget framework and one that could lead ultimately to better economic outcomes for the region.
Covid health code reveals China's big data edge
When hundreds of new Covid-19 infections flashed up at a sprawling wet market in Beijing in mid-June, it took only a few short days for authorities in the Chinese capital to successfully enforce targeted lockdowns, and to trace, track and test millions of people deemed at risk of exposure.
A bull market luxury?
Running out of steam
