The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirusBY ALLY SELBY | WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020 12:30PMWith the coronavirus, now dubbed COVID-19, impacting not only many lives, but now also the bottom line of some of the world's biggest companies, investors are chasing shorting opportunities to bank big on the pandemic.
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