Stock markets in the United States continue to outpace the rest of the world in 2020 even as the country is uniquely impacted by the virus impact. As of Thursday morning, the United States, which makes up just over 4% of the world population, had 31% of the world's 5.0 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, according to the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.
Thus far in 2020, a broad-based gauge of U.S. stocks has shed just 7% versus a global decline (excluding the U.S.) of 17%.
Source: Bloomberg
This continues a long-run trend of outperformance