by Cambridge Investments | Feb 20, 2023 | News
A dose of realism creeps in Last week, the UK’s leading stock market index, the FTSE 100, finally passed the psychologically important threshold of 8,000. And yet, after the strong start to the year in January, February has brought consolidation rather than a...
by Cambridge Investments | Feb 13, 2023 | News
A challenging week brings investors back down to earth Overall, UK bond and equity markets slipped back last week, despite the FTSE 100 edging higher until Thursday lunchtime when it reached a new all-time price high. Since the previous week’s US employment data, the...
by Cambridge Investments | Feb 6, 2023 | News
Are central banks transforming from hawks into doves? Last week was like the other four weeks of 2023: dominated by central bank action, inflation, and despondency over the UK economy. Meanwhile, stock and bond markets stayed buoyant. The monthly US jobs report was a...
by Cambridge Investments | Jan 31, 2023 | News
by Cambridge Investments | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Goldilocks in the air Recent macroeconomic data releases across the western world report declining rates of inflation and no longer overheating (but nevertheless still positive) economic growth. In the US, the important milestone of the rate of personal consumption...