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Re: Corona Virus and The Effect on The Markets
by
figmentofmyass
on 30/01/2020, 00:12:56 UTC
The Corona virus is spreading and is visible in the financial markets as well as in Bitcoin : https://youtu.be/DZ7Ps70of4I

i prefer your usual technical analysis vs your fundamental analysis. Tongue interesting commentary nonetheless.

the initial selloff in stock markets felt panicky but we've already seen a solid recovery over the last two days---monday's down gap was completely filled. the markets are reacting positively to news that outside of china, there have been no deaths and very few cases in general. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/world/asia/china-coronavirus.html

wuhan is completely on lockdown, so hopefully we're already turning the corner on this from a public health angle. while the number of infections in china compares to SARS (which itself subsided quickly), the coronavirus has killed only 1/3 as many people (133). people seem to be blowing the numbers out of proportion based on worst case scenarios.