Fund sectors struggle to outpace Coronavirus; outperforming funds identified

Amid the general carnage on capital markets globally in the wake of fears Coronavirus and the associated Covid-19 may halve or worse global economic growth in 2020, analysis performed by InvestmentEurope has found few, if any, sectors have been able to provide fund investors with a safehaven option. Using data from FE fundinfo, the charts below illustrate the near term challenge facing investors also from the impact that the risk off period is having on relative values of currencies. Benchmarking UK consumer prices in euros over the week 21-28 February, shows that while absolute retur...