Fortunes were lost and made on global stock markets in 2020. Uncertainty about the impact of the new coronavirus initially led to a sharp sell-off in the first few months of the year, wiping billions of dollars off the value of some of the world’s most valuable companies. But some became greater than ever. 

These include:

Shopify (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQRXssjlk9U), 

Amazon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQRXssjlk9U, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GltlJO56S1g), 

Tesla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0871VJfvD1c), 

Spotify (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdQ7mippAiU) 

Apple (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHUz63xFyyw, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX9xBB_vBsc).

In case you missed it, a Dutch court ordered Shell to pay Nigerian farmers over oil spills (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NxLooQPOMA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ69CaFspXw), 

Sweden is building reindeer bridges over roads and railways (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND0D3bVbM7Y), and there was a £17 000 Cadbury golden Creme Egg auction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d8Ew8LfxA0&feature=youtu.be, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M0wogky6w0&t=9s).

Want some conversation starters? The motto on the first US coin was “Mind Your Business” (https://youtu.be/A36Iq5qNukQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVd7oyk1eSA, https://youtu.be/Nt_2H9UMhEc). 

Archaeologists have discovered a cave painting estimated to be 45 500 years old in Sulawesi, an Indonesian island (https://youtu.be/A31GyV6TX7g, https://youtu.be/UD7mjRz33QU, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx8ohlEAfy4). 

And 2020 created 56 new billionaires in the U.S. (https://youtu.be/aoR5sniTnv4, https://youtu.be/jYrQdtMl5hw).

“Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the summit. It is the whole process of reaching for a goal and, sometimes, it begins with failure.” – Erik Weihenmayer (blind climber, motivational speaker and author) https://youtu.be/EGZPTtmydkE, https://youtu.be/mzj7rTY0c4U