Europe exits era of low expectations…

What’s happened? The European Commission unveiled its long-awaited “Buy European” rules on Wednesday – aimed at boosting domestic production and competitiveness in key strategic sectors in the face of

“Was that it?” A friend who used to be in the oil business and has seen quite a few spikes in the oil price was underwhelmed by Monday’s increase of around 7% in the price of Brent crude. The move was

Issue of the week: the oil and gas ...

engelsbergideas.com French president Emmanuel Macron recently said that the growing global trade imbalances affecting Europe are “both the result of weak EU productivity and China’s policy of export-d

The adage that “elephants don’t gallop” – as the late investor Jim Slater put it – has become accepted wisdom. Yet for many years, large caps have comfortably outstripped smaller ones. The Numis Small

The world economy is beset by doom and gloom, but the beauty industry continues to boom. Global beauty retail sales hit $441bn in 2024, with the sector expanding 7% annually from 2022 to 2024, accordi