Given the events of the last six weeks, sitting down to a keyboard to tap out thoughts that might be considered illuminating seems daunting. This is especially true given a clientele-readership which has largely been forced to sequester themselves with the media for weeks on end rather than going about their usual daily business.

Conveying two seemingly juxtaposed ideas simultaneously is not an easy task—and perhaps it is a futile undertaking. Given the battle occurring across the investment universe (and at our firm) between a real, globally widespread health concern and the more personal question of what investors “should do” about it—we feel compelled to give it a shot.

Yesterday’s 3 ½% drop in broad US equity markets in response to news of a sharp increase in the number of reported COVID-19 (or Coronavirus) infections outside China over the weekend has many investors understandably concerned.

Below is the February 2020 Market Outlook video presented by our CIO, John Maher where he discusses analyzing forecasters, valuations, earnings, and their effects on the markets. 

Read our latest outlook for a comprehensive global review including the Yield Curve Reversion, US-China Trade War Tariffs, the Coronavirus, and the US and Non US Markets.

-A discussion about East and West, China and America In this outlook, we are happy to include our in-house analyst Shiqi (Chloe) Gu, CFA in our discussion. Chloe was born and raised in Shanghai, China. As a native Chinese, she provides the knowledge of culture behind the Chinese position, and her insights on the US-China Relationship,…