Through the end of March in a pretty remarkable turn of trends, the domestic equity market rebounded 15% over the course of six trading days after the Federal Reserve let loose a rainbow of market support mechanisms and the U.S. Congress passed legislation worth more than $2 trillion in budgeted relief for U.S. businesses and workers. With peak-COVID in the U.S. likely still in the future, and with the macroeconomic impact still only very vaguely estimable, it’s easy to think up reasons to believe the rebound has gotten a bit ahead of the fundamentals. Even so, with the market still well off its February peak, we think history will show that patience amidst heightened volatility was rewarded over time.
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