On the latest edition of Market Week in Review, Quantitative Investment Strategist Dr. Kara Ng and Head of AIS Business Solutions Sophie Antal Gilbert discussed the surge in coronavirus cases, recent global economic data releases and highlights from Russell Investments' just-published Q3 Global Market Outlook.
Will rising infection rates interrupt nascent economic rebound?
The week of June 22 was a bumpy one for markets, Ng said, in part due to an uptick in coronavirus cases globally - particularly in Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia and parts of the U.S. "The stock market was