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As thematic investing is gaining momentum, investors are confronted with the question of how to identify companies that are relevant to a specific theme.

This year’s extraordinary events have put a focus on, and driven money flows to, global megatrends that are impacting our societies and economies.

The STOXX Global 1800 Index rises in month, helped by continuing strength in US shares and a slump in the dollar.

Stocks extended a recovery to a second month in May as investors welcomed the resumption of some economic activities in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

A custom index of stocks with exposure to virus therapy and prophylactics leads market gains amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Three new indices tracking the modern trends of pet care, video gaming and the fight against obesity are the latest addition to a thematics family that seeks to capture long-term growth.

Stocks plunged by the most in over eight years during February, as a fast and widely spreading Coronavirus stoked concerns the global economy will suffer a slowdown. 

They are among the strongest engines of the world’s economy, but in equity markets, developing nations have trailed rather than led this decade.

Preceded by great expectation, the new-generation telecommunications technology known as 5G has finally arrived. 

The planet’s water bodies are the destination for an important share of human waste and pollution. Rubbish, factory refuse, septic tanks, car fumes, pesticides – they all eventually flow into rivers, seas and oceans. 

On Sept. 17, the rate on overnight Treasury-funded US repurchase agreements, or repos, jumped to an average of 5.25% from 2.43% the day before, with some trades settling as high as 9%.

With a growing, wealthier and more urbanized world population, waste is becoming an increasingly dangerous problem with environmental, social and economic consequences.