# As part of a Q&A, Professor Aswath Damodaran offers advice for investors to keep in mind while investing during a crisis

1 Faculty News August 1, 2020 ![CNBC-TV18 logo ](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/CNBC-TV18-Logo.jpg?itok=O9dRAK0-)>

Excerpt from [CNBCTV18](https://www.cnbctv18.com/market/key-things-to-keep-in-mind-while-investing-during-a-crisis-6517071.htm) -- "Self-awareness during a crisis – Prof [Damodaran](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/aswath-damodaran) has been teaching for four decades and his experience across multiple crises is that three things happen to most market participants - you lose perspective, you lose faith in fundamentals, you start reaching out to experts outsourcing your thinking. He said it’s important to get out of 'that morass' as an important first step."

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