Small caps, board diversity & Zoom

Small caps, board diversity & Zoom
Brian Gaynor
It has been a remarkable eight months for sharemarkets since the covid-19 lows of late March.Share prices have rebounded dramatically even though economic activity remains adversely impacted by the pandemic, highlighted by the recent resurgence in the Northern Hemisphere.The major capital indices, excluding dividends, have recovered as following from their March lows to the end of November:NZX 50 Index, plus 48.5 percent;ASX 200 Index, plus 48 percent;US S&P 500 Index, plus 65.2 percent;Nasdaq Index, plus 84 percent;MSCI World Index, plus 6...

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