The Big Business of Coffee

From a somewhat accidental beginning, coffee has grown into one of the most popular drinks in the world, generating a massive ~$560 billion per year according to Euromonitor. The U.S. is the largest coffee market in the world where ~$84 billion or ~15% of the global market is located which has been growing at a robust ~5% p.a. for the last decade and a half.

The shift away from a contrarian mindset

Why exactly are investors and society today becoming more binary in their thought processes? The core of investing is assessing probabilistic outcomes and so by thinking in binary outcomes or following market sentiment, it is possible to miss out on great contrarian opportunities.