
Coronavirus, the equity market sell-off and factor investing: keeping a balanced perspective
Xavier Gerard. PhD, CFA, Senior Research Analyst, Invesco Quantitative Strategies and Georg Elsäesser. Senior Portfolio Manager, Invesco Quantitative Strategies
As recently as mid-February, equity markets were near all-time highs, oil prices were above USD 50 per barrel, volatility was low and credit markets were functioning well.
Since then, the global market selloff has been sharp, only matched in terms of its scale and rapidity by that which preceded the Great Depression. In such circumstances, it would be easy to lose conviction in the fundamental principles of investing. But these will certainly survive this crisis just as they have all previous ones.
Xavier Gerard and Georg Elsaesser from Invesco Quantitative Strategies make sense of the recent equity market sell-off, look at what lies ahead and how to proceed – all through a factor investing lense.
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