WABC: Frank Morano and Simon Constable talk about how everything's getting more expensive.

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Or listen here.

Photo by Frederick Warren on Unsplash

CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Scotland masks until Christmas

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Photo by Marcel Dutu on Unsplash

Barron's: Sugar Prices Are Rallying. How Investors Can Sweeten Their Portfolios.

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Investors might want sweeten their portfolios with a touch of sugar this summer, as prices for the commodity look set to continue rallying. A combination of existing crop damage, likely inclement weather in key growing areas, and robust oil prices could lift sugar prices.

“The only way the potential sugar shortage gets resolved is for the Asian harvests to come in with big crops,” says Shawn Hackett, president of the financial firm Hackett Financial Advisors. Read moire here.

Photo by Monika Grabkowska on Unsplash

Eye On The World With John Batchelor: The sudden price of wheat in a global drought

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Photo by Evi Radauscher on Unsplash

WSJ: Explaining ‘Bad News for the Economy Is Good News for the Stock Market’

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

With some frequency, Wall Street professionals use this phrase: “Bad news for the economy is good news for the stock market.” They also use it in reverse, with good news for the economy said to be bad for stocks.

At first glance, whichever way you read it, the line might seem to make little sense. Many people see the economy and the stock market as inextricably linked. In their minds, if the economy is weakening, then surely company profits will suffer, which will end up sending stock prices lower. But that’s not always the case. Read more here.

Photo by Roberto Júnior on Unsplash

Briefings Magazine: A Roaring Twenties Redux?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

If you only listened to the Wall Street consensus, you’d believe that the United States is on the precipice of an economic boom not seen in nearly a century. Forget the go-go 1980s or even the surge in the 1990s—some finance professionals forecast a 1920s-esque takeoff. Maybe Art Deco architecture, flapper dresses, and the Charleston dance will also come back into style. Read more here.

Photo by Tristan Gassert on Unsplash

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.

Photo by Polina Rytova on Unsplash