Today is a special day (29th February 2020). Instead of the usual 28 days, we have 29 days in this month of February 2020, which is also called the leap year. We are also in the second month of the COVID-19 outbreak where it causes disruptions or instability to the current economy.

Earlier this month, the stock market seemed to have ignored the impact of the COVID-19 to the economy. This is based on my observation on the Straits Time Index (Read more: Impact of COVID-19 to Straits Time Index) However, just a few days ago, I observed that the stock market started to react to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. It is hard to tell whether the downtrend is short term or long term. The Straits Times Index (STI) closed at 3,011.08 yesterday.

The current situation has proven that we should always have some form of emergency