Just when the world market looking set to recover, the H1N1 crisis is causing concern around the world. It is still early to say how it would turn out, but a good indicator of how it would affect the market is to look back at how the world deals with SARS and other past pandemics, as highlighted in the report by the author of AMP Capital Investors. Click on the image to see the report.
SARS in 2003
Here’s the short of it:
- There might be short term volatility
- Unlikely to be a major impact on the share market
- SARS didn’t really eventuate, economic impact was modest although it caused some volatity in the market
What should you do now?
MohdKhair.com feels that it may not be a good idea to get aggressive on your investment now, but being 100% in conservative funds may cause you to lose out on strong gains when global market eventually recovers. It usually comes quicker than we can react.
