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America's uncertain election
Last Updated: July 24, 2025
With no clear view on which outcome markets would prefer, the battle for the white house is too close to call. Our experts discuss how we need to be prepared for a range of possibilities when making investment decisions.
Review of the week: The oracle of Threadneedle Street
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
No change to monetary policy is expected this week, but investors will be eager for any clue about the Bank of England’s thoughts on inflation and interest rate cuts.
Countering rising costs by using less energy – and cutting carbon emissions
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Mark Sait, CEO of SaveMoneyCutCarbon (SMCC), a leading UK-based money-saving and sustainability platform, tells us about some of the ways charities can cut their surging energy bills and boost their ESG credentials into the bargain.
Will small stay beautiful in the eyes of investors?
Last Updated: July 24, 2025
Explore key investment themes in our latest video: small-cap outperformance, US tech outlook, and when the Fed might cut interest rates next.
How could Labour's budget affect my finances?
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Balancing the books
Investment Insights Q3 2024: Special election edition
Last Updated: July 24, 2025
For the first time in 14 years a Labour Prime Minister sits in Number 10, in what is also a historic year for elections in general, with a combined population of more than four billion going to the polls.
Keeping cool without overheating the planet
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
We take a look at the impact that heating and cooling buildings is having on climate change, how technology changes can improve future outcomes and what this means for long-term investors.
Review of the week: Goodbye to all that?
Last Updated: July 24, 2025
UK inflation is below the central bank’s 2% target for the first time in three and a half years. That should clear the way for further cuts to interest rates.
Review of the week: The good oil
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Like virtually everything else, the cost of energy is much higher than it used to be. Combined with higher interest rates, it should keep squeezing economic growth in the coming months.
The investment outlook is turning more positive
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
The global economy may be finding its feet again
Investment Insights Q2 2024: On the road to recovery
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Our 10th anniversary edition of Investment Insights leads with a hopeful note, looking at why we believe stronger foundations are being laid for a broad, sustainable recovery in stock markets.
Review of the week: The world has changed
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Money was easy to come by in the 2010s, for businesses, households and governments. With interest rates now much higher, hard decisions loom.