Barron's: Severe Drought Points to Higher Prices for Wheat Crops

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

A blistering drought across vital U.S. farmland looks set to destroy the crop of spring wheat this year if rain doesn’t arrive in the next few weeks. Without that much-needed moisture, prices for the grain could easily rally by more than 30%, experts say.

“We are going to have an extreme shortage of high-quality wheat,” Shawn Hackett, president of financial firm Hackett Financial Advisors, told Barron’s. “We are not seeing anything good in key growing areas.” Read more here.

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Forbes: Denmark Tops List Of Best Countries For Business

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

For running a business in Europe is rather like author Charles Dickens’ “Tale of Two Cities.” It can be the best of times or the worst of times.

It all depends where you set up shop. And that’s something investors need to consider when sinking money into ventures overseas. Read more here.

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Darden: The Future of Investing (Looks Very Different)

By SIMON CONSTABLE

While unemployment ballooned and the global economy collapsed in the months following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, an odd thing happened: Wall Street surged. The stock market rose to record levels, relatively new asset classes such as cryptocurrencies headed to the moon, and individual investors had hedge fund managers reeling. Read more here.

 

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Cryptocurrency Bandits. Simon Constable, WSJ, Forbes

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Forbes: U.S. Saw More Than 80,000 Cryptocurrency Frauds In 2020, Report Says

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Last year, while bitcoin prices were booming so was crypto-related fraud.

In the U.S. alone 82,135 crimes involving cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, ethereum, and other digital currencies got reported. Read more here.

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Forbes: COVID-19 And All Its Rules Could Slam Spain’s Economy This Summer

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Just when we all thought the end of the pandemic was in sight comes a piece of shockingly bad news for Spain, Britain, and the rest of Europe. Read more here. 

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Forbes: Investors Sink $77 Billion Into Mutual Funds And ETFs Over Last Month

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

The largest share of that haul, 58%, went into funds that specialize in bonds, both taxable and municipal. Read more here.

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