{"id":4773,"date":"2020-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-20T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/wh-weekly-market-update\/"},"modified":"2022-02-07T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:39:50","slug":"wh-weekly-market-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whitcomb.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/20\/wh-weekly-market-update\/","title":{"rendered":"W&H Weekly Market Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The recent coronavirus pandemic, and resulting panic, has affected every aspect of our lives \u2013 our portfolios, social interactions, expressions on social media, schools, recreation, and stress levels. We are still learning much about the virus and its potential impacts. It\u2019s normal to have fear or doubts during uncertain times. From an investment perspective, we have now entered a bear market in stocks, which many experts define as a 20% decrease in value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unsurprisingly, stock market volatility has continued this week. Here are the daily price returns of the S&P 500:<\/p>\n\n\n\n