How to profit from higher food prices

It seems that inflation pressure is spreading: Thursday's data showed that food stores hiked prices by 2% in the year to September. Which is all rather worrying - unless you're a soft commodities investor.

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Politicians have never been seen as a terribly useful bunch. There's an obscure PG Wodehouse poem called "The Parrot" in which the titular fowl drives the denizens of 20s clubland almost insane by incessantly chanting the phrase "Your Food Will Cost You More". The poem was satirical; the UK was suffering some food shortages at the time and the parrot was echoing the unhelpful response of many MPs.

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Cris Sholto Heaton

Cris Sholto Heaton is an investment analyst and writer who has been contributing to MoneyWeek since 2006 and was managing editor of the magazine between 2016 and 2018. He is especially interested in international investing, believing many investors still focus too much on their home markets and that it pays to take advantage of all the opportunities the world offers. He often writes about Asian equities, international income and global asset allocation.

Cris began his career in financial services consultancy at PwC and Lane Clark & Peacock, before an abrupt change of direction into oil, gas and energy at Petroleum Economist and Platts and subsequently into investment research and writing. In addition to his articles for MoneyWeek, he also works with a number of asset managers, consultancies and financial information providers.

He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and the Investment Management Certificate, as well as degrees in finance and mathematics. He has also studied acting, film-making and photography, and strongly suspects that an awareness of what makes a compelling story is just as important for understanding markets as any amount of qualifications.