Is your portfolio pandemic-proof? It depends on your time horizon

THE Covid-19 virus may be microscopic in size but it is causing some of the biggest problems the global economy has ever seen. As it stands, the economy is going through what I call a "slow-motion train wreck".

With businesses being forced to shut down, companies are being choked off from their much-needed revenue. The response from the Singapore government has been telling.

No fewer than four rounds of budget support measures have been doled out, including the all-important Job Support Scheme that is aimed at providing wage support so that businesses can conserve cash. But the government can only do so much.