Health academics, death-monitoring platforms and even zombie movies -- these aren’t normal sources of information for investors trying to assess risks in markets. But these aren’t normal times, as the coronavirus outbreak triggers an unconventional hunt for insights about what to expect from a swiftly spreading epidemic. Most fund managers simply do not have the models to track what threatens to be a global pandemic, leading them to turn to universities, world health bodies and even works of fiction, while at the same time playing safe by ploughing money into havens such as bonds and gold. The myriad of potential ... (full story)