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It is hard to imagine that only a year ago, markets hit rock bottom and investors were worried about how the rest of 2020 would pan out, says Debra Slabber, portfolio specialist at Morningstar Investment Management South Africa.
Across the globe, investors were faced with numerous questions questions around market recovery, disinvestment, and inertia.
“Today we are facing a different dilemma. Markets are at an all-time high. In a short space of time, everything has changed. The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and associated hopes for imminent economic recovery, along with unprecedented fiscal and monetary support from governments and central banks around the world, has driven equity markets beyond or close to record highs of late.
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Mass international travel spread Covid-19 across the globe. No wonder, then, that the airline industry has borne the brunt of governments’ restrictions on movement during the pandemic. This has affected all parts of the sector, with “some airlines going bankrupt, others being forced to seek state bailouts and most carriers having to make large numbers of staff redundant”, says Dr Alexander Grous from the Department of Media and Communication at the London School of Economics.
Still, recent signs that vaccines could bring the virus under control have fuelled optimism, with the share prices of many airlines higher than they were a year ago. But will the bounce endure?