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Review of the week: Playing fair by trade
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Brexit was always going to be hard. The tortuous negotiation of a trade deal highlights the difficult compromise at its heart: the freedom of sovereignty or the prosperity that comes with smooth trade.
Review of the Week: Last Chance Bistrot
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Brexit trade deal talks have busted through yet another hard deadline. With time short and relationships strained, it’s time for a Christmas miracle.
Review of the week: A Christmas like no other
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
While we were all cooped up inside, everything was happening out there. Breakthroughs on Brexit and COVID-19 collided with political strife and big moves in bond yields.
Uncharted waters
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Article by, Ian Tansley, Regional Director, Rathbones Until recently the bottom of the ocean presented the biggest challenge to travellers. But that is all changing. Welcome to the world of deep-sea tourism. Close to seven miles beneath the Pacific Ocean surface, at the southern end of the Mariana Trench, lies the deepest point on Earth. Known as Challenger Deep — after HMS Challenger, which first sounded the spot in 1875 — it is a mile deeper than Everest is high.
Review of the week: E pluribus unum
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
One President will be sworn in as his predecessor is set to be impeached. What matters for the US now is a united front from lawmakers to support the economy against the latest wave of COVID-19.
Review of the week: Everything is up
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Markets have had a stellar run, despite mixed news on inoculations. It’s in everyone’s interests for asset prices to remain high, but that’s no guarantee they will stay that way. As always, diversification is key.
Review of the week: Like birds in the sky
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. The GameStop upheaval on Wall Street is part of the ongoing democratisation of finance. Ignore its effects at your peril.
Review of the week: Ghosts of the past
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Are we due a re-run of the Roaring Twenties? And if so, what does that mean? A look back at the world’s last post-pandemic recovery and a bit more besides.
Review of the week: Profits are back
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Company profits are bouncing back earlier than expected. How quickly will our economies come back to life once vaccinations are finished? And how different will they be?
Review of the week: Big Tech’s scary sell-off
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Investors got spooked as Big Tech’s quarterly results showed they weren’t immune to economic headwinds, driving brutal sell-offs. Meanwhile, the UK government’s huge about-face seems to be reaping a ‘dullness dividend’.
Review of the week: Imaginings and disappointments
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Central banks are doggedly raising interest rates. Investors hopeful for a change of tack may continue to be disappointed for a while yet.
Review of the week: Inflation slows, stocks surge
Last Updated: September 30, 2025
Stocks flew higher after inflation came in lower than expected. It’s tough and getting tougher for businesses and families though, especially in the UK.