In global investing business trends, European equities advanced 1.8% on improved PMI readings. Germany’s DAX is positioned for further upside, with export growth backing corporate earnings optimism. Sheila Callaham, cofounder of the Age Equity Alliance, said she predicts that many people founding businesses in their 50s and beyond do so because there are no other options — a trend she also expects to happen for younger people who can't find work after college. The other way I think about it, these are the companies that we sometimes take for granted and only really think about when stuff goes wrong, or they get too expensive. But for the most part, the companies that we're investing in, are providing a really good service at really fair prices. Investing business cross-asset analysis signals improved correlation between equities and high-yield bonds, suggesting heightened risk appetite among institutional funds.