Information comes at us at a dizzying pace. We live in a 30-second news cycle, and the latest headline tends to drive markets. 

Are investors missing the big picture in this deluge of data and headlines?

In this episode of the Money Metals' Midweek Memo podcast, host Mike Maharrey argues that many are, and he encourages more big-picture thinking to put the latest headlines into perspective. To kickstart the process, he covers three long-term trends that he thinks investors should pay attention to.