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期貨圈令人悲傷的新聞不少，而股票投資圈似乎較少見這樣的新聞，這難道是因為期貨的風險比股票更大嗎？背後的原因到底是什麼呢？

近期，欧洲及美国的第二波新冠肺炎的疫情来势凶猛。有经济学家预计，欧元区的经济将在今年四季度萎缩2.3%，复苏或因第二波疫情而夭折，而后陷入长期的低迷；更有金融机构分析称，过早重新开放企业的复工复产是一场大赌博，在没有疫苗的情况之下，美国各州正在冒着新一波疫情的风险，有可能使经济进一步地陷入尾旋式下跌。

When Jack Ma last week chose to speak truth to power about the failings of China’s financial system, he was aiming very high — perhaps too high. The founder of ecommerce business Alibaba, already China’s wealthiest man, was set to become substantially richer when his online finance spin-off Ant Group debuted on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock exchanges on Thursday. At $37bn, it was going to be the world’s largest ever initial public offering.

Professor Zhiwu Chen, Director of Asia Global Institute & Victor and William Fung Professor in Economics, was interviewed by Financial Times about the long term impact of COVID-19 pandemic.