Covid Strategy: Mind the Gap!

10 May 2020 Every day one hears the grim news regarding the global economic outlook. Nevertheless, financial markets continue to rebound relentlessly. What's up? The markets are working through various phases in coming to grips with the Covid-19 emergency. In the first phase, investors panicked as the Coronavirus spread world-wide, lockdowns were intensified, and fears [...]

Covid-19: Korea – A Bit of Good News?

15 March 2020 The news on the Coronavirus continues to be alarming. However, perhaps Korea's experience is beginning to offer a glimmer of hope. Worldometer provides data indicating that the new case count has slowed sharply during the past two weeks (Chart above). To be sure, the number of infected people has not peaked, nor [...]