Is the ETF Boom Stoking Market Volatility?
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Amid news about the Covid-19 pandemic, recent volatility in financial markets and potentially devastating economic impacts, investors have been feeling pretty jittery these days.
COVID-19
What’s Your Personal VaR?
By Clifford Rossi
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – The recent steep declines in global financial markets driven by uncertainty over a pandemic spread of the Covid-19 virus naturally have individual investors worried about their investment portfolios.
Managing your own investment risk like a bank can provide a way to quantify your appetite for risk under a wide range of outcomes in a consistent and easily understood manner.
In the Eurozone, a Familiar Worry Over a New Disease
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – Among the many worries brought by Covid-19 is this one: What will the pandemic mean for the future of the eurozone?
Don't Touch Your Face. Or Your Stocks.
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.
COVID-19 Updates & Resources
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.
Why QR Codes Are Coming Back In a Big Way
SMITH BRAIN TRUST – We thought we witnessed the demise of QR codes, but it looks like they were written off too soon.
Working Remotely?
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.
How Coronavirus Is Hitting China Firms, Global Supply Chains
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?
3 'Under the Radar' Stocks To Watch Amid Coronavirus
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.
Coronavirus and Misinformation
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.
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