Zooming to buy the crisis may be unwise

When they say you should never let a good crisis go to waste, it’s politicians and investors who often take the advice to heart. So when the novel coronavirus and the disease it causes, COVID-19, became a threat to the global economy, savvy investors looked for companies to buy while most stocks tanked.

So who could profit from a contagious, not-yet-understood, deadly virus? Many investors concluded the virus would be a boon to companies that help people stay in their homes.