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An electric future
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
From checking our phones and firing up our laptops, to getting in the car or the train to work, energy, in all its forms, is the lifeblood of our society. And just as we only think about our circulatory system when things go wrong, we often take energy for granted until it’s not there.
Review of the week: I predict a riot
Last Updated: October 14, 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.
Review of the week: Take a breath
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
American stocks have taken a jolt downward, rattled by an escalating trade war and an unpredictable President. It’s not a time to panic.
Be a ScamSmart investor
Last Updated: October 10, 2025
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently launched its ScamSmart campaign to help investors, particularly retirees, avoid the financial losses and emotional distress of being scammed. Over-65s with savings in excess of £10,000 are three and a half times more likely to fall victim to investment fraud. This campaign has particular appeal to us given many of our clients are in this age group.
Review of the week: Inauguration Day
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Government bond yields fell back on better-than-forecast inflation as Donald Trump’s first day in office neared. The big unknown for investors is which tariff policy – we’ve heard many versions – the new administration will land on.
Review of the week: The return of the dragon
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
The year of the dragon hasn’t been an auspicious one for China so far. Its leaders are trying to turn that around with a wall of money to kickstart its sputtering economy.
Review of the week: A Continental dog’s breakfast
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
The outlook for Europe looks cloudy as its two largest economies struggle. Comparatively, the UK is doing generally ok. It’s only the US that continues to power ahead.
Review of the week: UK growth deflated
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
The UK economy hit the wall last quarter, while inflation started rising again. In the US, expectations of interest rate cuts have cooled since Donald Trump was elected President.
Review of the week: DeepSeek or deep fake?
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
A Chinese start-up says it created an AI tool at a fraction of the cost that Western rivals paid. It shouldn’t be a fatal blow, but the development should trigger answers to lingering investor concerns on runaway chip buying.
Review of the week: A tough COP
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Developed nations have agreed to a three-fold increase to clean energy and climate mitigation funding for poorer countries, but with a 10-year phase-in. Meanwhile, advanced nations are battling spiralling energy costs – some more than others.
Review of the week: The Fed goes big
Last Updated: October 14, 2025
Interest rates have finally dropped in the US after a double-barrelled cut. But will they fall as fast from here as investors expect?
Power to the people
Last Updated: October 24, 2025
We are smack bang in the middle of a herculean effort to shift our world from one that runs on carbon to one driven by cleaner energy. A lot of attention and investment is going into generating more clean power, yet we think it’s just as important to reduce our energy needs and improve the infrastructure required to handle that low-carbon future.