Is Now a Good Time to Invest?
by Paul V. Sydlansky, CFP, Founder, Lake Road Advisors, LLC
Apr 17, 2020
4 minutes
We're currently facing an unprecedented event with the global pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus that began in March 2020. In a matter of weeks, we went from business as usual to almost no business at all.
Most companies have been forced to close their offices and move employees to remote, work-from-home positions -- and those were the lucky ones. Many others have been required to shut down and lay off their entire workforce.
The shock to the economic system has been staggering, with unemployment claims jumping to record highs and consumer spending taking a sharp nosedive.
And while the economy is not the same thing as the stock market, they do play off each other. The market reacted to
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