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Happy (New) Tax year

April 6th is the star t of the 21/22 Tax Year, and this is often a time when those in work receive their agreed pay increase and those receiving their State Pension will see an above inflation increase due…

21st April 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 19th April 2021

New bond news gives green light for equity investors We usually start by summarising equity market action over the course of the past week. Last week, it was developments in the bond markets that may be of more significance for…

19th April 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 12th April 2021

Bond markets signal economic optimism Following a strong first quarter for equity investors worldwide, the second quarter is off to a good start as well, with most global stock markets already up by a few percentage points. While the sense…

12th April 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 6th April 2021

The first quarter of 2021 was no April fool The fact is that the first quarter of 2021 has brought genuine good news for UK-based investors with exposure to global stock markets. Equity markets have generally resumed an upward trajectory,…

6th April 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 29th March 2021

Moving on – towards a post pandemic world It has been another week of markets feeling on edge, without going anywhere. Markets seem to have caught a bit of worry about the passage of growth, oddly just as the wider…

29th March 2021

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A Positive Perspective for Growth

We were delighted to be featured in this month’s North East Times magazine when they interviewed Ian Wilkinson, our CEO. Ian talked about our recent new office openings in Darlington and Corby, the Perspective Training Academy, life during Covid…

25th March 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 22nd March 2021

Tug of war – bonds vs. equities This week marks the anniversary of the turning point of the 2020 COVID stock market crash. Investors looking at their one-year portfolio returns may well be astonished to find double-digit return figures, ranging…

22nd March 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 15th March 2021

Recalibrations Stock markets around the world have had another choppy week, but this time there was more up than down across the board and bonds yields stopped their upwards trend – at least for a while. The general upward trend notwithstanding, there…

15th March 2021

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State Pension issues for older divorced women

Divorce is always a difficult and emotional time. When you factor in money circumstances as well, it can feel complicated and unsettling. One of the key factors that is often discussed, but not covered in sufficient detail, is pension…

12th March 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 8th March 2021

Stock markets are finding they cannot have it both ways Another week of bond market price falls has pushed ten-year government bond yields upwards everywhere except Japan. The US ten-year yield experienced the biggest rise of the developed world, up…

8th March 2021

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