Coronavirus concerns spark market sell off

Public and market fears have converged with countries outside China anxious that they may be approaching the same point as China was at the end of December - the preliminary stages of a devastating epidemic.

•Markets experienced a desperate shift in risk sentiment, triggered by multiple coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks.

•Particularly alarming has been the jump in infections inSouth Korea and, now, in Italy, where an urgent lock down of a group of small towns has affected roughly 50,000people, with police patrols keeping residents in place.

•Public and market fears have converged with countries outside China anxious that they may be approaching the same point as China was at the end of December—the preliminary stages of a devastating epidemic.

•For investors looking to manage volatility, opportunities exist. Volatility doesn’t necessarily imply negative market returns by the end of the year.

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