Thomas Schumann Discusses the Opportunities for Investing in Water
b'In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright conducts an in-studio interview with Thomas Schumann, founder and CEO of\\xa0Thomas Schumann Capital. Schumann\\u2019s focus is on investing in water, which he says is quickly rising as an asset class. Mr. Schumann isn\\u2019t alone in this view: In 2011, Citigroup\\u2019s chief economist said he believed water was becoming the most important physical commodity asset class in the world \\u2013 ahead of oil, industrial metals, gold, and agricultural products.\\xa0
The exciting thing about investments in water, in Schumann\\u2019s view, is that they create \\u201csocial, environmental, and financial impact\\u201d for the world\\u2019s 7 billion stakeholders. \\u201cThere\\u2019s not one single human, environmental, or financial process on this Earth that isn\\u2019t driven by water,\\u201d says Schumann.\\xa0
But how does one invest in water? Schumann says there are investment opportunities in companies and technology that provide water supply, improve water quality, and monitor water efficiency. Schumann\\u2019s eponymous firm is in the process of launching a specialist water fund, which will invest strictly in water and water-related companies.'