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Making sense of the markets this week: February 6

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Each week, Cut the Crap Investing founder Dale Roberts shares financial headlines and offers context for Canadian investors.

The first modern-day pandemic—two years later

To my knowledge, I was the first financial writer in Canada to cover the pandemic or suggest it as a concern. It’s hard to believe that we’ve lived two years of our lives in a scary and confusing pandemic. Two years ago I wrote this post on my blog, “How to prepare your portfolio for the coronavirus outbreak”.

On February 1, 2020, it was not yet considered a “global” pandemic. The first cases were just being reported. And my blog post and headline appears trite and uncaring considering the number of deaths and illness. But again, the destructive path of the coronavirus was not yet known. I addressed the risks and the performance of the markets in previous epidemics.

And, yes, I put some asset allocation ideas on the table for consideration.

I did a follow-up post about the performance of the pandemic portfolio…

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