U.S. President Trump is now wearing a face mask – what signal is this sending to Markets? In this morning’s Market Moments podcast, QIC’s Liquid Markets Group addresses whether the ongoing fiscal and monetary stimulus being released around the world is running into a brick wall against the COVID outbreak. In addition, they also discuss:

- The underlying drivers propping up the resilience in stocks and the ‘anaemic’ equities performance outside of the U.S.

- What OPEC’s decision to bring two million barrels of oil back online will mean

- How metals are performing in the midst of coronavirus outbreaks in regions such as South America

- An overview of news that the AFM is releasing a new 2025 bond in a few weeks

- What’s driving the insatiable demand for US Treasury paper

- A quick look ahead at the forthcoming earning season.

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