Markets May Have a Reason to Rise Along With Covid-19 Cases
As the weeks go by, the timeline for a coronavirus vaccine is getting shorter and driving optimism.
Investors believe, it seems.
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The Nasdaq Composite hit a record Wednesday, as the S&P 500 rose for the third straight day. This happened even with the Covid-19 pandemic growing in multiple states, and on the same day California and New York rolled back plans to allow restaurants to serve customers indoors.
Anyone looking for a convergence between markets and the state of the economy can point to the pullback in travel-related stocks since the growth in the number of coronavirus cases in Arizona, Florida and Texas began in early June. But with Wednesday bringing good news about a vaccine candidate from Pfizer Inc. and BioNtech SE, and with Phase 3 trials for other vaccines set to begin this month, we could begin seeing an even bigger divergence between the real-time economic data and a rosier future priced in by markets.