How to find companies that can thrive in the post-Covid world

Many sectors of the global economy will return to something resembling pre-pandemic status, but others will take far longer to recover.

Investment graph trending upwards with COVID-19 particles

When the Covid-19 pandemic first triggered a global lockdown early last year, few of us could have fully appreciated just how much our lives would change as a result. More than a year on from the initial outbreaks we are still a long way away from what we all once thought of as “business as usual”.

The good news is that there is now a light at the end of the tunnel in the form of mass vaccination. This is an extraordinary achievement, given that vaccines have historically taken years, rather than months to formulate. We still have some time to go before we’re in the clear. Countries are making progress at different rates, and while the end of some national lockdowns might be on the horizon, international travel will be disrupted for some time to come. But it no longer seems like wishful thinking to hope that this year will see lockdowns lifted for the final time.

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