Epidemic
Date
Following 6
Following 12
Month Return *
Month Return **
HIV/AIDS
Jun 1981
-3.98%
-12.31%
SARS
Apr 2003
15.53%
22.66%
Avian (Bird) Flu
Jun 2006
12.68%
20.49%
H1N1 (Swine Flu)
Apr 2009
20.06%
38.78%
Ebola
Mar 2014
6.36%
12.61%
Zika
Jan 2016
13.31%
20.03%
Covid-19
Mar 2020
31.30%
56.33%
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*The following 6 and 12 month return is the total return starting the month after the stated date of the epidemic.
**The growth of $1 in the IFA SP 500 index is based on total returns.