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After months of waiting, there’s a strong chance that interest rates may fall in the UK this week. Across the Atlantic, the longed-for cuts won’t be till the autumn, if markets are correct.

The spending restraint pencilled in by the new Chancellor almost certainly won’t happen, and she may find ways within the rules to borrow more. But investors understand the “fiscal fiction” in the current plans and are likely to tolerate some deviation from them.

After weeks of pressure, President Joe Biden has abandoned his bid for re-election. Will there be a battle for the Democratic nomination at next month’s party convention in Chicago, or will his successor be coronated quickly?

Political violence in the US is overshadowing last week’s big moves in the biggest US stocks, and widespread gains for smaller stocks too.

Sometimes polls are right and sometimes polls are wrong. Last week, we saw classic examples of both.

Rathbones' co-chief investment officer, Edward Smith and head of asset allocation, Oliver Jones discuss the key themes shaping the investment outlook and some of the principles of long-term investing through the lens of UK equities.

The right-wing Rassemblement National was the big winner in the first round of French elections, but the most conclusive vote comes this weekend. Before then, the UK votes on its own Parliament.

The first few years of the 2020s have been characterised by huge shocks to the global economy – from the pandemic to the Ukraine war. When the dust settles, we think the global economy will have changed in significant ways, and the investment strategies that fared best over the past decade  won’t be the ones that serve us best for the next one. If the 2010s are gone for good, we’ll need a different approach.

A widely expected change of government may bolster UK sentiment, while the US election is on a knife’s edge.

France goes to the polls for the first round of voting, the two candidates for the White House spar and the Euro knockout phase begins.

It may feel like déjà vu as equity performance is again concentrated in a few big names, but in his latest video update, Rathbones co-CIO Ed Smith discusses how positive earnings surprises are spreading more widely and why this is good news for active investors.