Coronacrisis: threats and opportunities for the financial market

Abstract

The results of a scientific study of various areas of the financial market (such as credit market, insurance market, investment market, currency market, stocks and bonds market), aimed at studying the potential opportunities and threats from a pandemic COVID-19 are presented. In the work qualitative analysis of financial events in 2020 were used, the opinions of experts were analyzed, and statistical data was interpreted. Main conclusion: there is a reduction in production activity around the world which caused a decline in oil prices, led to a sharp decline in stock prices in major markets and the fact that bond yields began to decrease.