Some surprising factors at work in the US stock market

The recent performance of different “factors” in the US stock market may seem surprising during the outbreak of coronavirus, given the adverse implications for the economy of the measures taken to control its spread. Like several other ongoing developments, it has been largely due to the very biggest companies.

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