Podcast - COVID-19's impact on the stock market and the price of oil, information's role in the fear of COVID-19 & Sports Talk with Don Robertson
COVID-19 has put a pretty big dent into the side of the stock market but it doesn't stop there. The recent dropping of the price of oil is looking like it's also got some roots that come back to COVID-19.\n\nGuest: Marvin Ryder, Professor of Marketing, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University\n\n-\n\nKeeping with the coronavirus, would people still be reacting this way if social media existed back in the day of SARS? With the flu being much deadlier than COVID-19, could that mean what people are really afraid of is the 'unknown-ness' of this new infection?\n\nGuest: Dr. Mark Busser, Academic and Experiential Learning Coordinator with the Department of Political Science, McMaster University\n\n-\n\nThe Allan cup is coming to the GTHA, Charles Barkley plans on selling some of his memorabilia and some people have been found guilty of drugging race horses so they'll be faster, are you surprised? Don and Scott talk about all this and more in Sports Talk with Don Robertson.\n\nGuest: Don Robertson, Owner and Head Coach of the Dundas Real McCoys