With Coronavirus causing turmoil in investment markets globally we have seen significant market moves across asset classes over the past week. With such an event it is extremely difficult to estimate investment outcomes, however one trait is reasonably certain: our human bias for loss aversion, which is heightened when fear like this spreads. This fear is exacerbated by news flow – real or fake – and quite often the real potential impacts of such an event are not fully considered outside of the gut reaction of blind panic. At times like these it does pay to pause and consider the real-world outcomes for investors, and how we should consider investment decisions… to view the full article, please click here.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Investment decisions in times of stress
