As the socials get blitzed with people gearing up for Euro summer, our multi-asset equity analyst Emma Letheren is dispatched to Paris to scout companies. She finds a rare optimism among them, but old doubts die hard.

A wave of disappointing headlines about our battle against climate change and the move to cleaner energy doesn’t have equity investment specialist Michael Cumberlidge in a funk. He’s looking at the day-to-day improvements delivered by ever-better technology.

A busy spring of AGMs has engagement analyst Jenny Twigg ready for a holiday. Before she heads off in search of sun, she explains why it pays to hear someone out before leaping to conclusions.

Former First Bro Elon Musk is lambasting President Trump’s tax and spending plans as a “mountain of disgusting pork.” Multi-asset fund manager Will McIntosh-Whyte unpicks the claims and concludes a few porky morsels may not prove a bad thing, as long as bond markets can swallow them.