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A coronavirus recession may be coming: Here's what to do with your money

  • Written by Alexander Kurov, Professor of Finance and Fred T. Tattersall Research Chair in Finance, West Virginia University
In Rome, a normally packed Colosseum is virtually empty. AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Global markets are crashing, the price of oil is plummeting and even entire countries are in lockdown. The odds of a recession due to the new coronavirus outbreak are rising every day.

A question I’m often asked as a finance professor and a CFA charterholder is...

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