Here are a number of ASX listed debt collection players and how they’re travelling in this COVID-19 world.

With apologies to Charles Dickens, it’s the best of times or the worst of times for debt collectors.

While grocers have perfected the art of having chocolate and lollies in the checkout lane, this company realised that the similar space at non-food retailers was being underused.

A new ASX listing is on-trend when it comes to tapping the dietary habits of younger inner-urban consumers who are more about quinoa and chia and less about KFC.

Given the state of the global travel sector, can you get excited about the immediate prospects for the ASX-listed travel intermediaries?

When the corona crisis abates – eventually – cheap oil could become a much-needed headwind for consumers and heavy users of the black stuff.

With a sense of raw panic descending on global stock markets, the question is whether there are any truly safe havens in terms of remaining exposed to equities.

Some deep-pocketed investors have recognised that the era of coal won’t end overnight: coal is our second biggest export and output is increasing.

Here are 3 ‘special situation’ stocks that plug into the topical anxieties of natural disasters, the coronavirus threat and the security of domestic gas supply.