I recently published an article about "Opportunities in Open M&A" right in the middle of the Coronavirus induced correction in the market. Falling stock markets provide more of these opportunities than the rising ones. Quickly falling ones are even better as everything gets sold irrespective of fundamentals or special situations. So, this may be a strategy that an investor can deploy to shield their portfolio against the quickly falling market. That article also provided a bit of primer on corporate M&A in case you would like to learn more.
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