By SIMON CONSTABLE
A Forbes article from October 2017, was referenced in an April 3 column for The Independent by leadership expert Rita Trehan.
Great leaders are able to retain support, even in desperate times. “You are a leader if you have followers. It is that simple, and nothing else matters,” the writer and broadcaster Simon Constable wrote for Forbes. “Right now, Theresa May is a leader. She has the support of her parliamentary party.”
In October 2017, he was correct, but that statement is now unquestionably false.
Read the full column here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
They're back!
Investors piled billions of dollars into specialized commodities funds in the first quarter after going cold on the sector last year, according to new data.
The sudden switch in sentiment comes amid increased chances of a U.S.-China trade deal, expectations of rising inflation and the perceived need by some investors to diversify away from stocks, analysts say. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Millennials are an attractive market for many companies. But a fund that focuses on companies that target millennials hasn’t attracted much interest from investors, despite impressive returns. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Investors increasingly may hear the term “quantamental” being used by financial professionals.
It refers to an investment strategy that combines a fundamental approach to investing with a quantitative one, hence quantamental, which combines parts of both words. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Investors in exchange-traded funds are more excited about emerging markets than ever.
Globally, ETFs specializing in emerging-markets stocks took in a record amount of net new cash in 2018: $63.1 billion, up from $57.7 billion in 2017, according to figures from financial-data company EPFR. That brought net inflows for the past three calendar years to $142 billion. Through March of this year, investors stuffed a further $15 billion into emerging-markets ETFs. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
A new deluge of rain in the Midwest looks set to hit already waterlogged soil, possibly sending wheat prices soaring.
“A $5 target for now
is a very realistic target,” says Shawn Hackett, president of Boca Raton–based advisory firm Hackett Financial Advisors. That’s based on the current saturated soil levels and rain forecasts for April, he says. Read more here.
