Investing in the Time of Coronavirus

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🗓️ 3 March 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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It was a stressful week in the world and in the markets as countries work to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Motley Fool analyst Bill Mann joins us to share his insight into the top headlines as well as how he’s managing his money amidst the volatility.

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0:17.9	I'm Alison Southwick and I'm as always, by Bertie Brocamp.
0:22.9	I've already called you that one, haven't I?
0:24.9	You're running out, because there are only so many things you can do.
0:27.8	Personal finance expert here at the Motley Fool. Hello, bro.
0:31.0	Well, hi.
0:32.5	In this week's episode, well, it's been a doozy of a week for everyone as investors and countries tried to deal
0:38.3	with the spread of the coronavirus. So joining us in studio to help make sense of the headlines
0:43.2	is Bill Mann. Hi, Bill. How are you? Analyst at Motley Fool here. All right, all that and
0:49.1	more on this week's episode of Motley Fool Answers. So, bro, what's up?
0:55.0	Well, we're going to talk about stocks a little later. They're not up. But I will tell
1:00.0	you what is up because something else is down. As the stock market goes down, often people
1:06.0	flee to the bond market, driving bond prices up, driving rates down. So the 10-year Treasury, as of this
1:13.1	taping on Friday, so a few days before this episode comes live, the 10-year Treasury is at 1.15%,
1:20.2	an all-time low. 30-year Treasury, 1.66%, another all-time low. We've never seen rates this low. So when rates
1:29.8	go down, the prices of existing bonds go up. So the Vanguard total bond market ETF, the ETF that
1:35.4	I own a little bit of, is actually up 3.5% this year, doing its job going up as stocks go down
1:41.6	over the past year. The bond market is up almost 11%.
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