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Hammered by virus, investors rethink role of bonds, tech and ESG in 2021

Global asset allocators from BlackRock Inc. to JPMorgan Asset Management have outlined their takeaways for investors from the volatile year

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The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose from 0.3% to 1% within a week, and simultaneously equity markets continued to fall. (Bloomberg)

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This has been a year like no other.

Hammered by an unprecedented health crisis, global stocks tumbled into a bear market at record speed, and then rallied to new highs thanks to a flood of central bank money. Bond yields tanked to uncharted lows and the world’s reserve currency surged to all-time highs, only to then retreat to its weakest level in more than two years as 2020 draws to a close.

Global asset allocators from BlackRock Inc. to JPMorgan Asset Management have outlined their takeaways for investors from the volatile year. Here are some of their reflections:

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