15th March 2021

M&G: UK Budget 2021: What stands out for investors?

The first Budget from the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, was delivered on the same day in March 2020 that the global COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared.

While it was clear then that its effects would be profound, few predicted that the virus would wreak so much damage on public health and public finances.

The UK economy shrank by a remarkable 9.9% in 2020 – its largest annual contraction in three centuries, according to the Treasury. In response, the UK government has borrowed the most it ever has in peacetime to support businesses and households, and to help stimulate economic activity.

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Rathbones Asset Management - The Sharpe End podcast: Fresh Intel

A month into Andy Burnham’s tenure as Prime Minister, the team are asking what he could possibly do to turn the UK economy and stock market around. Next, we explore the rally in software stocks, as improving growth expectations reignite enthusiasm for some names in the sector that many had written off just a year ago. Finally, this month’s stock spotlight is Intel – a company that helped build the modern technology industry and is now attempting an ambitious turnaround as a crucial beneficiary of the broad AI infrastructure build-out.

There's more to 'value' investing than valuations

Semantics matter. Words carry associations that can't always be neatly translated into a different cultural context. First impressions often determine whether investors are prepared to allocate money to an investment strategy.

Business Sentiment Tracker: Business confidence falls in Q2 2026

Business confidence has weakened in the second wave of YouGov's quarterly Business Sentiment Tracker, with businesses becoming less optimistic about the economy, their industries, and their own prospects.

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