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The Cambridge Weekly – 16th March 2020

Notes on a crash: the short, medium and long term Last week will remain in the memories of the investment community for a very long time. Because of the extremely rapid fall from the all-time high that global markets had reached…

16th March 2020

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The Cambridge Weekly – 9th March 2020 Update

Market update – Oil + COVID-19 Oil price plunge adds to stock markets pressures from Coronavirus While most people spent the weekend dealing with the prospect of the COVID-19 epidemic taking hold of UK life, the financial community woke up this…

9th March 2020

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The Cambridge Weekly – 9th March 2020

Coronavirus market update – ramping up countermeasures can be scary Since our last update a week ago, market dynamics have developed very much along the lines we outlined as our expectation. The US Federal Reserve has taken the lead and…

9th March 2020

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The Cambridge Weekly – 2nd March 2020

Coronavirus – hitting too close to home World-wide infections may be reducing, but with new cases appearing close by stock markets are now shock markets – ‘keep calm and carry on’ is once again the best motto for prudent…

2nd March 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 26th February 2020

COVID-19 and the reaction of markets to pandemic fears Global equity markets have taken a significant hit this week, as investors started to take news of COVID19 spreading beyond China to the rest of the world more seriously. We thought…

26th February 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 24th February 2020

Bubble trouble Compared to last week, there have been few changes to the big picture narrative: Thanks to the virus containment efforts enacted by its government, China’s labour force is only now slowly returning to work following an unusually extended…

24th February 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 17th February 2020

V-shaped recovery focus for Valentine While investors enjoyed another upbeat week, the world’s medical profession (and the wider public at large) remained in a more troubled state, with concerns increasing after the World Health Organisation officially renamed this strain of the Coronavirus…

17th February 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 10th February 2020

Virus week – not in stock markets January is behind us and what a year it’s already been. Investors have been bounced around from WWIII fears between the US and Iran, the formal Impeachment of the US president and the…

11th February 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 3rd February 2020

Headwinds and tailwinds The events of the past few weeks have left some investors wondering whether we are witnessing a rapid deterioration of the erstwhile ‘fair to potentially better than expected’ 2020 outlook. In light of the Chinese Corona virus threat to…

3rd February 2020

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Cambridge Weekly Update – 27th January 2020

Consolidation ahead? The quiet period of Christmas and New Year has definitely ended. Davos World Economic Forum, Chinese Coronavirus, Q4 earnings season, central bank deliberations, first batch of 2020 business sentiment figures and – you guessed it – the next…

27th January 2020

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