Fossil fuels, food, and farming – investors need to look through the same lens
The travails of meatpacking company JBS is a warning to investors, who must stay attuned to the risks associated with similar stock.
Investors know that the economy is not going to stay the same. When stock market indices were introduced in the 1800s, only two types of equities were tracked: railroads and industrials. By 1917 the largest US sector was steel, by 1967 it was oil and gas, and in 2017 it was technology.
Picking an
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