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It’s a new world order and investment portfolios need to adapt (commodities, cash and gold).

After almost two years of pandemic-enhanced psychological distress, depression and anxiety have skyrocketed. But is traditional therapy enough for this escalating problem? Could psychedelics be the humanity-saving solution we’ve been looking for?

Extraordinary times have called for extraordinary measures. As the pandemic’s threat starts to recede, might governments keep their newfound emergency powers under the guise of winning the coronavirus war? In an age of non consent, say no at your peril.

The excessiveness of 2021’s record-breaking heat dome temperatures and flood levels beg the question: has anthropogenic climate change reached tipping point? Can the world limit global warming with the energy transition or is net zero too little too late?

Covering 71% of the earth's surface, oceans provide protein for 1bn+ people and millions of jobs; absorb the majority of climate’s heat and 25% of carbon emissions. With ocean assets valued at $24trn, why are investors not flocking to the blue economy?

Despite the pandemic, the financial markets seem to be immune, with a number of assets and strategies posting stellar returns in 2020. With government debt and deficits growing globally, are these now speculative bubbles? And if so, when will they burst?