If you're worried about the next Brexit, ask about who is employed by the companies you're invested in and how their management team makes long-term economic decisions. The factors that led to the Brexit are complex, and the path to a more integrated global economy will require coordinated action from countless actors. From the Trump campaign to the UK Independence Party, we are seeing a response to decades of short-term thinking, driven by instant gratification, that has created an economy that a lot of people don't want to be a part of. If you're invested in companies, make sure you have very high standards for what they're doing--while they are building the company. "I don't want a future in which politics is primarily a battle between cosmopolitan finance capitalism and ethno-nationalist backlash."

Source: Huffington Post June 28, 2016 20:15 UTC