The outbreak of COVID-19 and the impact it had on the global economy changed investors willingness to take risks. According to a survey from April 2020, 28 percent of investors from around the world moved a significant proportion of their portfolios to lower risk investments, and 25 percent moved some of their portfolios to lower risk investments.

The market volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic resulted in low trading activity among investors in the United States in 2020. According to a survey from May to June 2020, only 11 percent of retirement-only investors stated to have bought, sold, or both bought and sold investments. The activity was higher among taxable account investors, where 20 percent stated to have both bought and sold investments, another 19 percent bought, and another 10 percent had sold.

The most common financial response to the coronavirus outbreak in 2020 was to put more money into savings. According to a survey conducted in late 2020, 70 percent of U.S. residents responded to the economic turbulence caused by the pandemic by adding more money into savings. Another common change was to buy investments, which 45 percent of respondents stated to have done, and another 44 percent stated to have adjusted their retirement plan investments.

In a survey conducted in 2020 about investments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, about 65 percent of respondents who participated said they considered the potential return on investment when making investment decisions. The study also reported that about 48 percent of respondents said they considered the potential risk of investment.

The coronavirus crisis has seen a strong growth of first-time investors. Between March and August 2020, "Tesla stock" was the most-searched for company stock for investment in the United States, generating an average of 7.52 million monthly searches. Vaccine-maker Moderna has also generated significant interest in its stocks earlier this year and this could pay off for early investments: in November 2020, the company announced the efficacy of its newly developed COVID-19 vaccine and interest in the company surged.

As of June 2020, the coronavirus pandemic did not have a significant impact on artificial intelligence (AI) investments for a considerable share of financial services companies worldwide. Moreover, 28 percent of the respondents declared to have increased their investments in artificial intelligence during the pandemic.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic considerably changed the feelings towards investing of households in the United States. As of May 2020, only 14 percent of the respondents declared to feel optimistic towards investing, down from a share of 30 percent before the pandemic. On the other hand, the share of households declaring to be cautious with their investments increased from 33 to 48 percent.

The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or COVID-19) outbreak would probably change Chinese people's investment preferences. According to a survey on the epidemic impact on the Chinese society released in February 2020, around 43 percent of the respondents said that they increased the investment on financial products during the outbreak. About 39 percent of the respondents invested on bank funds.

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in December 2020, about half of the millionaires and semi-rich people surveyed said they had invested more in stocks following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Only 18 percent of respondents stated that this was not the case.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has affected investment plans of Russian businesses of different segments rather similarly. The largest share of companies had to revise their investment plans and decrease investment in some segments, while increasing it in others.

According to a survey conducted from 24th to 26th March 2020, 40 percent of the Thai respondents who earned less than 40 thousand Thai baht per month, stated that they stopped purchasing any investments and insurances during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Meanwhile, 25 percent of the Thai respondents who earned monthly more than 40 thousand Thai baht, delayed their purchase for such products during the pandemic.

A survey conducted by Milieu Insight on May 2020 found that 30 percent of respondents in Singapore made some investments in the past two weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same survey, 36 percent of respondents stated that they were very concerned about the current COVID-19 situation.

In a 2020 survey, over 67 percent of respondents revealed that after the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic they plan to invest in greater use of technology for their logistics operations. During the same survey, 33 percent of shipping and freight professionals stated that they plan to invest in employees to facilitate COVID-19 recovery.

For large businesses in Russia, the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was less noticeable than for smaller companies. More than one half of representatives of large-sized organizations believed that the investment climate had already recovered as of late 2020. To compare, 74 percent of small business representatives stated the investment climate had not restored at that time.

The new coronavirus (2019-nCoV or COVID-19) outbreak would probably change Chinese people's financial management preferences. According to a survey on the virus impact on Chinese consumers released in February 2020, around 75 percent of the respondents said that they would increase investment in insurance after the epidemic. About 40 percent of the respondents intended to save more money in their bank.

When IT and line of business (LoB) professionals throughout the United States were asked how the COVID-19 global pandemic effected their organization's projected everything-as-a-service (XaaS) investment during 2020, 55 percent indicated that their companies were investing either significantly or somewhat more in XaaS.

According to a survey conducted among key decision makers from the most active investment institutions in the last three years in China, 96 percent of the respondents would invest in Shanghai in the next 12 months after COVID-19, slightly higher than 92 percent for Beijing. About 11 percent of the respondents showed interest in investing in Wuhan.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had no significant impact on the investment habits of most investors worldwide. However, adjustments to the pandemic varied greatly across generations. While no significant changes were reported by 53 percent of the baby boomers surveyed in 2021, 32 percent of the millennials declared to have increased their trading activity as a result of COVID-19.

This statistic illustrates to what extent investment plans have been affected for 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, according to international decision makers. 51 percent of respondents said there has been a minor decrease in their 2020 investment plans, while a further 23 percent of respondents said they had delayed investment plans until the next year or later.

In a survey conducted in 2020 about investments in Australia, about 36 percent of respondents who participated said they did not plan to change their investment goals due to COVID-19. The study also reported that about 16 percent of respondents planned to maximize their capital growth during this period.