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Last Updated: January 13, 2026
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Review of the week: Soft landing?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Rather than a slow fade, the American economy produced a surprise surge. Yet with inflation within touching distance of the 2% target, US interest rates may still peak soon.
Review of the week: Not the August planned
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Hopes for a quiet summer were dashed by difficult-to-read economic data, swinging bond yields and holiday dramas.
Review of the week: The good oil
Last Updated: September 30, 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.
Review of the week: Will interest rates plateau after peaking?
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Will the big central banks making significant interest rate announcements this week follow the ECB’s lead and signal that rates have now peaked? And where might rates settle longer term?
Review of the week: Uncertainty spreads
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Central bankers in the US and UK decided interest rates shouldn’t go higher in September; bond investors disagreed.
Investment Update video: When the facts change
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
Rathbones’ co-chief investment officer Ed Smith explains that worsening economic data suggests that an American recession is now more likely than not.
Charity investment training webinar series
Last Updated: October 16, 2025
Understanding investing: CC14 and how to develop an investment policy
Take control of your financial future today
Last Updated: July 22, 2025
The new tax year started on 6 April 2024, giving you a fresh chance to take advantage of all the different tax-efficient ways to save and invest. By using your annual allowances sooner rather than later, your money will benefit from the tax advantages and potential growth earlier.
Review of the week: I predict a riot
Last Updated: December 16, 2025
A plan to sort out France’s unsustainable state spending is in jeopardy as another government is threatened with dissolution by the parliament. Meanwhile, chances improve for a December interest rate cut in the US.
Under the spotlight: offshore investment bonds
Last Updated: February 16, 2026
Offshore investment bonds probably sound more mysterious than they are; the word offshore conjures up an image of somewhere exotic, somewhere with a sunnier climate than the UK! In reality, offshore jurisdictions we would typically consider share our climate and are accessible by ferry and in some cases, jet ski.
Investment Insights Q1 2024: The Magnificent Seven
Last Updated: November 25, 2025
“Dashing superheroes rescue distressed equity investors from the perils of rising interest rates” could be the headline for last year’s lopsided stock market action. Dubbed the Magnificent Seven, a small group of companies — Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Nvidia, Meta and Tesla — contributed more than half of the gain in the S&P 500 in 2023 (figure 1). Will they continue to be such a key determinant of performance for charities with global equity exposure in 2024?