By SIMON CONSTABLE
This continues a series of video flashbacks filmed in the depths of the 2007-2009 financial crisis when John Batchelor and I discussed what was going on in the world.
We had minimal equipment and almost no time for video editing. But we did have mental space for creativity.
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By SIMON CONSTABLE
By SIMON CONSTABLE
By SIMON CONSTABLE
The exchange-traded-fund market is getting a lot more active.
After decades of being dominated by index-tracking investments, the ETF market is being flooded by actively managed funds. In 2013, a mere 16% of newly launched ETFs were actively managed, according to Morningstar. That jumped to 66% in the first quarter of this year, following three straight calendar years of more than 50% of new ETFs being active. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Just when we thought Britain’s economic policy couldn’t get more bizarre, up pops an announcement from Rishi Sunak, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister.
Earlier in May, news broke that Sunak would pressure supermarkets to offer basic food staples such as milk, bread and butter at the lowest possible prices, according to multiple reports.
The phrase used by Britain’s media is “price caps” and everyone in the UK should be concerned as it represents a return to failed 1970s economic policies. Read more here.
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