How the pandemic is making some investors super-rich // Motley Fool Australia

By now, we’d probably all be familiar with most of the effects of the coronavirus pandemic that have come to dominate 2020. From working from home to food shortages at supermarkets, the pandemic has resulted in many changes across society. The same can be said of the investing world. 2020 has seen the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO), as well as markets around the world, have one of the shortest and sharpest market crashes in history, followed by one of the most rapid and enthusiastic recoveries we have ever seen. We have also witnessed the first recession Australia has had in almost three decades.

In Australia, it has been a recession like no other. That’s what a piece from Vimal Gor, head of bond, income and defensive strategies…