As businesses change, so should investors

THE corporate world can be harsh and unforgiving. Businesses constantly vie with one another in a tussle for dominance and market share.

It's a kind of financial Darwinism where only the fittest are deemed worthy of survival. As old industry stalwarts fall by the wayside, new companies are thrust into the forefront. And as the business landscape changes, investors will have to adapt.

Case in point: General Electric, the last original member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, was dropped in June 2018.