While markets were recovering broadly the start of this year, it went into another tailspin due to the Wuhan Virus. In this article, I just wanted to share some thoughts I have on the current situation from talking to friends and the news.
Introduction
The outbreak of the coronavirus started in Wuhan, China and it has slowly spread to 18 countries globally and counting. Furthermore, having coincided with the Chinese New Year period, which is the peak travel season in China where everyone would be travelling back to their hometowns, this has resulted in the spread of the virus to be even more severe.
The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering has built and is regularly updating an online dashboard for tracking the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Lauren Gardner, a civil engineering professor and CSSE’s co-director,...