Investments

Tackling the challenge of plastic pollution

What can investors do?

Awareness of the effects of plastic pollution is growing, boosting demand for solutions to help tackle the problem.

Six ways to invest better

Why it’s important to manage your behaviour when investing

These are common traps to try and avoid when thinking about investing. It’s important to recognise them, and how they interact together.

Motivations for impact investing

Why might you care about your portfolio’s impact?

Our latest research takes a behavioural finance perspective to examine why impact investing is resonating with investors.

Investment Outlook 2019

Our investment themes for the year

Keeping calm in turbulent times

Don’t lose your focus when pressure mounts

Periods of market volatility, like those we’ve seen in February, will undoubtedly be unsettling for most investors.

Stock market volatility

Increasing volatility could bring risks and returns

William Hobbs, Barclays' Head of Investment Strategy for the UK and Europe, reviews the markets during the first quarter of 2018, covering the threat of trade tensions, swings in stock markets and the return of inflation.

Riding out volatile markets

How to cope through market turmoil

A balanced diet

Understanding the importance of diversification

The ‘active/passive’ debate

How to approach active and passive investing

The health of the world economy

Is there still room for growth?