Cocktail Investing

Download Episode This week, Tematica's investing mixologists Chris Versace and Lenore Hawkins face-palmed after learning the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) has been compromised in a cyber-attack. This ironic breach mere days after Equifax broke the news on its breach… as we discuss, this increasing pain point that spills out of our Connected Society investing theme is fodder for our Safety & Security one.  As our portfolio mixologists touch on that, they dish on the Fed’s latest missive coming out of its September monetary policy meeting and on a variety of data points for our Connected Society, Food with Integrity and Fattening of the Population investing themes. Chris and Lenore also mix in the latest economic data, and share why S&P 500 Global Ratings’ first rating cut to China’s sovereign credit rating in nearly two decades is important for investors. After last week’s not-too-special event, we share our view on why it’s so disappointing there are connectivity issues with the new Apple W