March 2020 is a bit of a madness.

March Madness is also the name given to National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 Men’s Basketball tournament in the United States.

It is no surprise that this very popular grassroots tournament has been canceled.

This sent a very strong message to the people in the United States that COVID-19 is a serious matter.

If you have not been paying attention to the markets, I think you have all the hallmarks of a very good buy and hold investor.

However, chances are, your lives would have been disturbed by the disruption caused by COVID-19 and be at least aware of what is happening in the financial markets.

As we ended March, we are also to review some of the data coming out of the financial markets about this very volatile period.

One of the charts that illustrate the extent of volatility