After several decades of eating and drinking too much, will 2021 be the year this hack loses weight? Fat chance!

Sad to say, much the same is true for millions of people around the world. Evolution has made us better suited to scarcity than plenty, but that paradox might lead to plump profits, even if there are thin pickings elsewhere.

The coronavirus crisis has overshadowed other illnesses people continue to suffer and the new cures being found for them. But contrarian investing involves looking left when most folk turn right.

For example, I have been dithering for years about investing in the world’s biggest maker of insulin. This drug was discovered a century ago to combat diabetes, a disease that has become more prevalent as