Over the course of the last two weeks, we have experienced extreme levels of volatility in our economy, society and the stock market.
The threat from a systemic spread of the coronavirus and the resulting disruptions to supply chains and consumer demand, combined with the oil price conflict between Saudi Arabia and Russia, sent the US equity market in to a tail spin. More specifically, the S&P 500 declined 19% from it's all-time high on February 12th and on the same day, trading was briefly halted for the first time since 1997.