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Cambridge Weekly Update – 24th June 2019

Battle of the ‘doves’ There were relatively few economic data or corporate announcements this week. The US came within a hair’s breadth of clearly carrying out an act of war against Iran. And the global stocks rose 2.25% during this week, with…

24th June 2019

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Perspective appoints new Acquisitions Director

Perspective Financial Group Ltd (Perspective), the widely respected and progressive national financial planning and wealth management Group, has hired Kevin Homfray as Acquisitions Director. This new senior level appointment reports to David Hesketh,…

20th June 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 17th June 2019

Mixed messages After a good start, June has carried on in a positive way for investors. Over the past week stock markets consolidated their gains, while bond yields stopped falling. Following the rapid deterioration of US manufacturing data, a number…

17th June 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 10th June 2019

The return of the central bank put? Stock markets rallied on the hope that central banks’ reassuring comments will lead to monetary stimulus once again Are Woodford’s woes the death knell for active management? With deep knowledge of his…

10th June 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 3rd June 2019

Bond rally musings It all seemed to make a lot of sense to the media commentators this past week: government bonds rallied and equity markets fell because investors no longer expect a return of meaningful global economic growth during 2019,…

3rd June 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 28th May 2019

It is getting warmer Unfortunately this headline is not intended to suggest that things are getting better, but rather that Donald Trump’s trade war is heating up. In a way I feel reminded of the Cold War between the US and the…

28th May 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 20th May 2019

Market support for Trump or unwarranted equanimity? A little over one week into the escalation of the US-China trade wars, stock markets have calmed and even made a partial recovery from last week’s sell-off. Globally, stock markets are now trading around 3.5%…

20th May 2019

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Perspective opens its first London office

Perspective Financial Group Ltd, the widely respected and progressive national financial planning and wealth management Group, today announces the opening of its first London office. The Group has acquired Thornton Springer Financial Services…

13th May 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 13th May 2019

Geopolitics re-enter market stage Just as markets were trying to prove that they have regained some rational balance when they shrugged off central banks’ rejection of further monetary support, geopolitical tensions returned with vengeance. Perhaps it was naïve of the…

13th May 2019

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 7th May 2019

Central banks disappoint expectations Last week we wrote that stock markets faced being challenged by the decline of a number of stimulating aspects that had been regularly named as the drivers of the 2019 recovery. The most crucial one being…

7th May 2019

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