With all the uncertainty in the world at the moment, having an investment that is less tethered to the overall economy can be a good thing. Of course, that means you can't really expect Diageo's investment performance to light the world on fire. 3: The maker of a reasonably effective COVID-19 vaccine candidateUK-based pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca (NASDAQ: AZN) recently announced that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate was found to be 70% effective in its phase 3 trials. Even more promising, a subset of the trial suggested that a combination approach of a found by other vaccine candidates. That provides hope that people who may not respond to one vaccine may respond to a different one, helping improve the overall success rate and coverage rate from vaccinations.

Source: Daily Sun November 24, 2020 15:56 UTC