NewsWatch: European stocks ease as ECB holds on policy and coronavirus concerns linger

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Trade, coronavirus worries and a European Central Bank meeting are keeping investors cautious on Thursday. See full story.

The one value strategy that wasn’t a disaster now favors commodity sector over techs

There was one value strategy that wasn’t a disaster in 2019, and it now likes commodity producers over techs. See full story.

Here’s how the stock market has performed during past viral outbreaks, as China locks down 3 cities

U.S. equity markets have experienced muted trade in the past few sessions as investors keep one eye trained on a deadly flu outbreak in China, which could soon be declared a public health emergency by the World Health Organization within the next 24 hours. See full story.

Here’s the ‘dirty little secret’ the superrich of Davos are keeping to themselves

The Hoover Institution’s Niall Ferguson shares his thoughts on the World Economic Forum’s 50th annual meeting. See full story.

Siemens chief joins Trump in dismissing environmental activism

Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser has dismissed the environmental lobby that recently attacked the German engineering giant over a controversial coal mining project. See full story.

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‘The one industry that’s not debating the nature of climate change is the insurance industry.’ See full story.