What a week to see emotions run in all directions!
What do you do if you are an investor with money in equity-based investments? Do you sit tight and ride the storm or do you succumb to your emotional lows and the fear-mongering that is on all social media platforms?
Well, allow me to add my few cents worth to the discussions that are currently happening. my view is that we have some criminals with nefarious intent that do not see the long term impact of their actions. People have been arrested, People have died! and in the next short while people are going to go hungry!
Sad but true this is the reality and the people who are affected the most, are those people who cannot afford the impact nor the consequences. What will happen in the investment markets? Markets will rise because inflation will start to have an impact, the price of fuel will rise and sadly the number of people who will lose their jobs will also increase. For listed companies, they will become more efficient with fewer staff as the 4th industrial revolution will gain more traction!
To answer an earlier question, what does one do with a market-related investment now, my response is reasonably simple, sit tight and enjoy the ride, provided that the investment was made with a medium to long-term investment horizon! I do realise that this is not always easy however if there was professional guidance provided the rely on that guidance!