by Cambridge Investments | Jul 1, 2019 | News
The tortoise cracks the egg – what’s real diversification? ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’ is a phrase we hear time and time again. Although useful in explaining the concept to clients, it’s not really helpful in explaining why we seek to diversify and how it...
by Cambridge Investments | Jun 24, 2019 | News
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 the US S&P500 index...
by Charles Penn | Jun 17, 2019 | News
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 of positive data...
by Charles Penn | Jun 10, 2019 | News
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 investment...
by Cambridge Investments | Jun 3, 2019 | News
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, and in the UK the...
by Cambridge Investments | May 28, 2019 | News
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 USSR in my youth, when the odd skirmish...
