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We don’t have all the answers, but we have plenty of opinions. Discover the latest news and views from the Rathbones multi-asset investing team. The Sharpe End lets you be a fly on the wall for frank and informal conversations the team are having on the desk about recent events and how they impact their funds. Follow their other musings at https://info.rathbonefunds.com/rathbone-multi-asset-portfolios/p/1
Rathbones hosts The Sharpe End, a business show with 60 episodes published.
Stocks have held up well on the surface so far this year, but it’s been an extremely narrow market, driven by a handful of mega-cap hyperscalers and AI enablers. Yet after a wild week or so, that has flipped – could mome
South Korea has leapfrogged the UK to become the world’s eighth-largest equity market, prompting the team to consider the implications for geographic allocation within portfolios. Next, to mark the five-year anniversary
With headlines and tweets about the Middle East continuing to come in hot, the team cover what's changed and what's not. Their focus then shifts to commodities – energy, metals and everything in between – before wrapping
As the conflict continues in the Middle East, the team discusses whether they are making any changes to their portfolios in response to the big moves they're seeing in markets. Next on the agenda is the software sector:
Geopolitics remains front and centre this month, as the team unpack President Trump’s push to acquire Greenland, and what America’s renewed focus on energy security and re-shoring could mean for global markets and the fu
As the calendar page turns to 2026, the team discuss what the year ahead could hold. Will the new year bring about any changes or is it business as usual? A midnight raid to abduct a Venezuelan strongman is certainly a n
The Christmas jumpers and mince pies are out for the Multi-Asset Team as they enjoy that magical time of the year where they review Fund Manager David Coombs’ market predictions for 2025. How wrong was he this time? Or d
The team kicks things off this month with the UK Budget and what they would like to see emerge – but probably won’t get – from the Chancellor's briefcase. Next, it's on to the US, where fund manager Will McIntosh-Whyte h
Are we in an AI bubble? That’s the question the team try to answer on this month’s episode. While there are definitely bubble-like signs popping up in the market, are there enough for the team to be worried? Next, some c
Investor eyes and ears turned to the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech in August as he hinted that interest rate cuts could be coming in the US. How did our team respond to the rotation away fr
You may feel a sense of déjà vu this month, as the team once again talk tariffs after July’s trade deal deadline got pushed back and a raft of negotiations and agreements ensued. While markets now seem almost to ignore m
Geopolitics are top of the agenda in an extra special podcast that celebrates four years of talking common sense about investing (alright and a bit of questionable banter on the side). While markets hover around all-time
This month the team talk all things big and beautiful – not a remake of the hymn – but President Trump’s new budget bill. Deemed by some as more generous to taxpayers great than small, Elon Musk thinks it’s by no means w
As Oscar Wilde wrote, in matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing. Yet President Trump’s style is leading some to question American exceptionalism, which has been a hot topic of conversation
President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs, delivered on two giant placards in the Rose Garden, sent stock markets into freefall. The team explain how they are unpicking what might happen next and how markets may
Europe has been the star of the show for the past couple of weeks. What’s driven this unusual outperformance? Will 2025 be the year of Europe’s comeback, or just another a short-lived bounce? The team then moves on to Am
The Donald is firing out of the blocks on trade tariffs with no hesitation. The team discusses what it means for financial markets and how they should position their funds for a world of potentially lesser trade. Not to
It’s been quite the new year hangover for the global bond market as yields have continued to race away at the start of the new year – the UK 10-year gilt is back to levels not seen since the 2000s. The team start the yea
It’s that time of year again! Mariah Carey is blaring in the shops, the Elf on the Shelf is on the loose in homes across the country, and our head of multi-asset David Coombs is held accountable for his annual prediction
A lot going on this month, so the team focus on two rather large events which took place within a week of each other. First up is the big show across the pond: with Trump now claiming his seat in the Oval Office the team
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