“There’s undoubtedly been a significant economic shock, but we will come out of this crisis, there’s no doubt about it - prior pandemics and history is on our side in that regard” says Gary Potter from BMO.

We caught up with Gary, who heads up the investment team at BMO, to hear his reflections on the economic situation the coronavirus brought to the financial markets.

Gary explains why BMO’s investment approach towards equity markets has moved from neutral to taking money away from equity markets and replacing this with a more stable part of the portfolio and the opportunities this will create. 

Click on the video below for Gary’s full commentary:

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