Investing: How to Play a Shifting Economy

Investing: How to Play a Shifting Economy
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Tribune News Service
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By Kim Clark From Kiplinger’s Personal Finance

U.S. companies prospered for decades as new markets opened for their goods and labor costs plummeted thanks to overseas production. But now, the pandemic and spreading political and military conflicts have stretched supply chains past the breaking point, prompting companies to bring many operations closer to home, says market strategist Ed Yardeni.