Equity markets around the globe declined in the 3rd Quarter, while bonds retreated from their crisis levels and yields rose.

Global stocks capped off a strong quarter, having set another new record as the month of June closed out.

The stock market in 2021 is off to a good start as the economy is expected to boom from a combination of excess savings, deficit spending, a potential infrastructure bill, vaccinations and euphoria around the end of the pandemic.

Investors faced unprecedented volatility in a year defined by loss and grief.

Covid vaccine progress, continued Government stimulus and a speculative fever for risk assets buoyed global equities during the last quarter of the year.