pandemic | Ross Naylor

Investment lessons from a pandemic – Markets in a time of COVID-19

Of all the 25 years that I have been a financial adviser, 2020 goes down as the most challenging so far. To be fair, a large part of the reason for that is that it is still so fresh. In reality, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the financial crisis in 2008/2009 were probably equally challenging. However, the passing of time has lessened their impact on my psyche.

Coronavirus scams: How to avoid falling victim to them

With news of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread as fast as the virus itself, sadly so too are coronavirus related scams. These scams are not just in the context of trying to capitalise on scarcity by massively overcharging for hand sanitiser and toilet paper but they are more subtle and pernicious tools that hackers and identity thieves are using to try to take advantage of the uncertainty.