PANDEMIC RAGES ON, MARKETS SOAR: Is there a disconnect between the coronavirus crisis and markets? The pandemic still rages on, and is fact worsening, with 63 million infected so far, and 1.46 million deaths as of November 30, 2020. Of the total cases, 4.2 million were registered in the month of November alone in the US, the worst-hit country, which had so far seen 268,000 deaths from COVID-19. But markets are cheering the news about vaccines. Global stocks rose on Tuesday (December 1, 2020) on hopes of recovery, following a stellar November.
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