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Billionaire Daniel Loeb bets on Covid vaccine arriving this year, here’s what it means for your equity portfolios

Loeb said in the letter that a vaccine or medicine for Covid-19 'should lead to the next phase of market recovery in coronavirus‐affected companies'

Daniel Loeb's comments came before the US government told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by 1 November.
Daniel Loeb's comments came before the US government told states to prepare for a coronavirus vaccine to be ready to distribute by 1 November. Photo: Getty Images

Billionaire hedge fund titan Daniel Loeb is prepping clients for a potential coronavirus vaccine as soon as the end of 2020.

"We have spent significant time with scientific experts to better understand evolving treatments and vaccines, and have confidence that several will be effective and available later this year," the hedge fund manager said in a 6 August investor letter seen by Financial News.

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