SMITH BRAIN TRUST – For investors concerned about market uncertainty invoked by the coronavirus: Don’t touch your face and certainly don’t touch those stocks.
In what has been a volatile trading week on Wall Street amidst coronavirus fears with the Dow Jones entering bear market territory marking the end of an 11-year bull market run, investors may feel like they need to get out.
The University of Maryland is actively monitoring the outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus (termed “COVID-19”) that was first detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. Very rapidly, the virus has been detected in numerous countries including the United States.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – We thought we witnessed the demise of QR codes, but it looks like they were written off too soon.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – With more and more companies encouraging employees to work from home amid the growing Covid-19 crisis, some teams are having to learn on the fly how to successfully collaborate from separate home offices.
Maryland Smith’s Kathryn M. Bartol has some insights for those teams.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – As the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted social life and the day-to-day economy for China’s 1.4 billion residents, many are wondering how can the country’s small-to-medium-size enterprises – including their global supply chain partners – will weather the storm?
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Worldwide fear about the coronavirus is likely to result in the outperformance of health stocks in the near future, Maryland Smith’s David Kass said this week, speaking to a reporter from InvestorPlace.
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Contagious diseases can spread quickly, and misinformation can too.
Misleading facts, and even wild conspiracies, have appeared on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and TikTok, fueling confusion as well as some public panic.
Bill Longbrake has extensive experience in finance and investments, macroeconomics and monetary policy, risk management, housing, and public policy. The 'Longbrake Letter' is his monthly economic newsletter.
