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Cambridge Weekly Update 20th January 2020

All central bank liquidity or improved outlook too? Following the brief wobble after the escalation in tensions between the US and Iran, the risk appetite that drove the substantial stock market rally towards the end of last year has returned….

20th January 2020

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Jeff Scott appointed new Chairman of Perspective

Perspective Financial Group Ltd (Perspective), the national financial planning and wealth management group, is delighted to announce that it has appointed Jeff Scott as its new Chairman. Jeff is a well-known figure in financial services with his career in the…

17th January 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 13th January 2020

So far so good Compared to last week’s ‘brink-of-war’ geopolitical shock start to the year over the US-Iran tensions, this week has brought relatively positive economic news, with not much to upset global markets, even if the general news flow…

13th January 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 23rd December 2019

Goodbye 2019 – welcome 2020 and a new decade! 2020 will be interesting As not only the year, but also the decade comes to a close, 2019’s last Cambridge Weekly edition has us reflecting on…

23rd December 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 16th December 2019

Brightening horizons Cambridge Weekly recipients will have already seen our comment on the election outcome on Friday and so we will not rerun those comments here – please refer to the email from Cambridge Investments Ltd which you should have…

16th December 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 9th December 2019

Wobbly kick-off to the Festive Season Not the UK election, but Trump and the global economy continue to be primary drivers of UK investors’ return prospects Avoiding liquidity risk, or property isn’t liquid Why the financial regulator should stop fund…

9th December 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 25th November 2019

Markets pause for reality check Conventional market wisdom holds that the cold and damp of autumn usually heightens the probability of downside volatility in markets – particularly when the economic outlook is unclear. The last quarter of 2018 was a…

25th November 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 18th November 2019

Swilling cash eases the market mood music As the electoral machine whirrs on here, global capital markets have had a comparatively quiet week. The resurgent optimism of the last few weeks has waned somewhat, without turning around. But the US’s…

18th November 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 11th November 2019

Recession concerns retreat, but growth remains a hope Equity markets were in a good mood this week. That is in no small part due to progress in US-China trade negotiations, in which both sides agreed to the removal of already…

11th November 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 4th November 2019

Crucial October period safely behind October has ended: time to take stock of market and portfolio returns. In general, stock markets nudged up further while government bond yields recovered, eroding some of bonds’ earlier valuation gains. For UK investors however,…

4th November 2019

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