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The Cambridge Weekly – 14th June 2021

Hazy as Carbis Bay The G7 meeting in St. Ives’ Carbis Bay was rightly the centre of attention in the UK last week and looked to centre on Europe’s leaders cosying up to a much more loveable US administration, at…

14th June 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 7th June 2021

Going up sideways May’s returns numbers are in, and the headlines are as follows: a rotation from tech to financials – and from value to growth – as well as a bit more downward pressure on bonds. We have included…

7th June 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 1st June 2021

Touch of Goldilocks at the end of May After a strong April, May felt somewhat of a mixed bag for investors, particularly when stock markets suffered a correction in the middle of the month. However, as the month drew to…

1st June 2021

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Protection Matters

When you pur chase travel insurance or breakdown cover, you understand that when you claim on it, it won’t directly replace what you have lost. The plane will still be delayed, the car will still have broken down. The…

27th May 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 24th May 2021

Market resilience in face of Bitcoin crash Beyond the directly virus-related stories, last week’s news was dominated by cryptocurrency shenanigans and the return of outright war in the Middle East. Cryptos are the “Reality TV” version of markets – hugely…

24th May 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 17th May 2021

Market vertigo galore Last week we wrote how the ‘sell in May and go away’ maxim has historically not shown much merit for investors. At the end of last week, some of our readers may have looked back at those…

17th May 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 10th May 2021

Sell in May and go away? The traditional stock market adage of ‘sell in May and go away’ is back in vogue again this year, after the first four months of 2021 brought healthy returns to investors with equity exposure….

10th May 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 4th May 2021

Doubling of earnings leaves markets cold After the previous week’s lull in global equity markets, most regions recovered their previous highs last week, albeit in somewhat lacklustre trading patterns. Just as there were several reasons why markets were in a…

10th May 2021

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The Cambridge Weekly – 26th April 2021

‘Risk on’ pauses while the real world keeps accelerating Equity markets finally paused in their upward trend last week, with the most speculative assets like Bitcoin experiencing their first serious setback since February. It was hard to pin the cause…

26th April 2021

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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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