When Even Cash Carries Risk
Investors are heading for the safety of cash. Is this the right move? Well, it’s not one completely without risk either.

Investors are heading for the safety of cash. Is this the right move? Well, it’s not one completely without risk either.
By Ryan Dinse,

See just like toilet paper and Ferraris, stocks also have price elasticity. Price changes will affect demand. And more importantly, just like regular markets — perhaps even more so — there is a serious lack of rationality at times.

We’re getting close to the time when smart investors start looking for opportunities as everyone else panics around them. If you’re going to try and ‘buy the dip’ though, I’d advise being careful. To take advantage of other people’s panic, you need to make sure you get in as cheap as possible.
By Ryan Dinse,

Maybe the coronavirus is part of the acceleration of new disease. After all, we only just got through Zika in 2015–16. There was the Ebola outbreak in 2014. Before that was MERS in 2012. Then H1N1 (swine flu) in 2009. And then there was SARS in 2002 and 2004.
By Sam Volkering,

Thanks to the coronavirus, the government is once again looking to take drastic measures. They’re petrified about the impact this pandemic will have on the Aussie economy. And they’re preparing to release a new stimulus package.
By Sam Volkering,

For some industries it is already proving to be a massive opportunity… As the saying goes, ‘Never waste a good crisis.’ If you can spot the broader trends as they happen, then you can turn it into an investing advantage.
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