COVID Fears Shock The Markets

This week Real Vision’s Max Wiethe breaks down the equity and commodity market’s reactions to the discovery of the new Omicron variant of COVID. Equity volatility spiked late last week and has remained elevated this week as bipolar markets oscillate between sharp sell-offs and rallies. In The Chatter segment, Roger Hirst speaks with Refinitiv’s Darrenth Hawken about how the infrastructure mega theme is evolving, focusing on the balance between encouraging sustainable infrastructure for the future, while also giving enough attention to legacy infrastructure and technologies that are still vital to powering the economy through the energy transition.