In July we saw the communications, technology, software and pharmaceutical industries continue to drive markets upward. In fact, some companies are thriving, not in spite of, but because of COVID-19. As the pandemic rips through the South American winter, we may be seeing a harbinger of the increasing threat in store for us in the Northern Hemisphere during our own frosty season. Sadly, even during the oppressive summer heat, COVID-19 is having a grand old time at our expense in the United States, particularly in the Southern States. Many countries in Europe and Asia are doing a far better job of opening their economies and remain the gold standard for the rest of the world to emulate. And yet, though Europe and Asia’s infection and death rates are comparatively lower, evidence of an incipient second wave is mounting. Moreover, the British and European economies are in the midst of dire recessions.

In July we saw the communications, technology, software and pharmaceutical industries continue to drive markets upward. In fact, some companies are thriving, not in spite of, but because of COVID-19. As the pandemic rips through the South American winter, we may be seeing a harbinger of the increasing threat in store for us in the Northern Hemisphere during our own frosty season. Sadly, even during the oppressive summer heat, COVID-19 is having a grand old time at our expense in the United States, particularly in the Southern States. Many countries in Europe and Asia are doing a far better job of opening their economies and remain the gold standard for the rest of the world to emulate. And yet, though Europe and Asia’s infection and death rates are comparatively lower, evidence of an incipient second wave is mounting. Moreover, the British and European economies are in the midst of dire recessions.