Eugene Kiernan: Investors should frame their strategy with deliberate calm

Financial markets fully reflect the current and future uncertainty that society is facing. While this is first and foremost a humanitarian tragedy, it is having daily and dramatic impacts on markets, and will leave a lasting footprint on our global economy.

We see violent swings in stock markets on a daily basis. Circuit breakers, which suspend trading for a period, are triggered regularly and the idea of closing markets for more sustained periods has been ...