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We humans will pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and adapt

As I write this in early April, the All Ordinaries index has had a nice rally from its year low of 4564 to around 5400. Markets do tend to move as a predictor of the future, so right now they are obviously factoring in the falling infection and death rates in Italy and Spain, cheap oil, a low Aussie dollar and, in particular, the impact “staying at home” is having in Australia. Oh, and of course, billions of dollars of government support.

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