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The Big Trends
Big trends, megatrends, secular trends - call them what you like, but understanding them is essential if you want to generate outsize returns. If you can identify the industries that will benefit from big, long-term trends in business and the economy, you’ll be a lot closer to picking the best companies to invest in. These will be the companies that are able to compound their earnings at above-average rates for 10 to 20 years.
The trends unfolding in healthcare are some of the most compelling for investors. Healthcare costs are high, particularly in the world’s largest economy. People are also living longer, and requiring more healthcare. And, of course, there are still diseases like cancers that remain resilient to treatment.
While 2022 was a rough year for the technology sector, it was even worse for listed fintech companies. Even industry leaders like PayPal and Block (Formerly Square) saw their stock prices fall 80%...
Over the course of June we have seen small and midcap stocks outperforming the headline indexes in the US, as well as in other markets.
Investors started the year wondering if the global economy was in for a hard landing that would force central banks to pivot and start cutting rates, or if a ‘soft landing’ was still achievable...
On Tuesday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 index crossed 33,000 for the first time since 1990. We decided to have...
While investors are trying to decide whether the rest of the market is going to catch up with big tech or vice versa...
In just the last month, we’ve had US debt ceiling talks go from global crisis mode to a potential resolution (still to be determined)...
The best luxury goods are typically “better quality” than their cheaper counterparts in the sense that they are more durable...
Equity markets are still at the upper end of the recent range despite concerns about the debt ceiling, growth and inflation. Investors seem to be sitting on the sidelines until the debt ceiling issue is resolved...
Broad market indexes like the DOW JONES and S&P 500 are sitting just below their year-to-date highs. The MSCI World index and S&P 500 are up 8.5% and 8% respectively...
Lots of data came out last week that sent mixed feelings to investors. While US employment data pointed to a slowdown in hiring...
From another bank losing billions in deposits to seeing AI winners and losers, a lot has happened this week...