by Cambridge Investments | Oct 11, 2021 | News
Economy hits an air pocket October has carried on where September left off, with quite a bit of daily up and down for markets, but with a slight downwards trend. We deliver our end-of-month review of September in this week’s second article. For UK readers, the lack of...
by Cambridge Investments | Oct 4, 2021 | News
Rising yields are back The energy bottlenecks we wrote about recently became rather more personal for the large proportion of the UK population that are motorists. In fairness, the UK’s petrol station forecourt crisis has little to do with rising energy prices around...
by Cambridge Investments | Sep 27, 2021 | News
Wall of worry time The UK received worrying economic news on multiple fronts last week, with several utility companies going under and the prospect of steep rises in winter heating costs, petrol stations running out of fuel, gaps on supermarket shelves, and the Bank...
by Cambridge Investments | Sep 20, 2021 | News
End of the re‐opening honeymoon We are halfway through September and investors have not experienced a continuation of the positive returns picture of the summer months. This is despite COVID restrictions gradually lifting (not only in the UK) and an on‐track economic...
by Cambridge Investments | Sep 13, 2021 | News
Paying for it – the major economies ponder their balance sheets Recently we noted the increasing importance of fiscal policy, and sure enough last week the UK kicked-off the new school year with a big fiscal bang. National Insurance contributions are on the...
