The departure of Donald Trump from the White House will mean one less disruptive force on world markets, as his Tweets lose the power to upend them almost daily.
His successor, Joe Biden, is expected to provide much steadier leadership as a Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out and countries look to rebuild their economies and pay the massive bills run up during the pandemic.
Investing experts give their take on how events and opportunities might unfold, with a green recovery on the cards but the risk of a clampdown on the tech giants looming in the US, Europe and China.
How the Telegraph Money team s fund picks for 2020 performed
Collectively, we would have almost doubled the return of a global stock market tracker
We asked the team to look into the future and suggest fund tips for 2020
In January 2020, members of the Telegraph Money desk picked funds that would see them through this year. Back then we had no idea what would transpire over the following months – so how have our selections fared?
At the time of writing, an investor who split their money evenly across the six funds selected would have made a profit of 22pc, almost double that of a global stock market tracker.
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