

- Mar 13, 2020
- 6 min
Keeping Calm During a Panic Selloff (FAQs)
What is causing the market volatility? Following a remarkable rise in stock prices up until February 19, the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain (Covid-19) suddenly threatened to disrupt the production of goods and services and to push the world into a recession. The governments of the countries most affected by the virus implemented draconian containment measures (border closures, quarantines, school closures, …). These steps, aimed at avoiding a collapse in the healthc