The first half of 2020 was unprecedented in many aspects. A global pandemic no one expected appeared and triggered widespread lockdowns, which quickly brought the global economy to a virtual standstill.
In a short span of several weeks, the S&P 500 along with other major indexes plummeted nearly 30 per cent, ending the longest bull market in the United States.
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