Which asset class surprised most in 2020?
2020 has been a year full of surprises and the world has changed rapidly in ways that we couldn’t...
Rathbone Strategic Growth Portfolio
Six investment funds ‘staying alert’
With the ‘rule of six’ set to be in place for a possible six months in an effort to control a second...
How high can the price of gold go?
The price of Gold topped $2,000 an ounce for the first time this month. Faced with a falling US...
Will the pandemic result in deflation or inflation?
Inflation plunged last month: the UK consumer prices index (CPI) fell from 1.5% in March to 0.8% in...
Boosting your investments with gold, bonds and oil
David Coombs, manager of Elite Rated Rathbone Strategic Growth Portfolio, talks us through the funds...
Four trends that will continue post lockdown
The UK has now been in lockdown for more than 40-days, forcing all of us to change the way we live...
Exploring ESG: not everything is black and white
Since lockdown started, I’ve played more games of Uno, Battleships and Gin Rummy than I care to...
Oil price shocks: putting dividends at risk?
Saudi Arabia’s decision to start an oil price war caused the market value of the sector’s biggest...
What fund managers do when stock markets fall
Stock market falls are never a nice experience – seeing your hard-earned savings depleted in value....
Lent: five companies repenting
Having enjoyed a feast of pancakes last night, today marks the start of Lent: forty days of prayer,...
Millennial money: ten multi-asset funds for your ISA
Last week, when I wrote about five investment myths amongst millennials, number four: “I don’t have...
Investing in quality skincare
Five people will enter the global middle class every second in 2020* – that’s a lot of...
Saving investment income for a rainy day
Dividend growth from UK companies has been strong over the past decade and, at the moment, the UK...
London Fashion Week: the companies leading the way towards sustainable fashion
As fashion week is wrapping up in New York and buyers and editors set their sites on London for this...
18. Champagne, makeup and insuring against stock market falls
In a whistle-stop tour of the globe, David Coombs, manager of Elite Rated Rathbone Strategic Growth Portfolio, tells us about his belief in the US stock market, why he is investing in government bonds instead of cash, and why some of his top stocks are companies that produce makeup and Champagne.