The Cambridge Weekly – 19th June 2023

Market conundrum amid volatile growth Last week saw equity markets move higher yet, despite central bank hawkishness. We had another 0.25% rate rise from the European Central Bank (ECB) and, although the US Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left rates unchanged,...

The Cambridge Weekly – 12th June 2023

Immaculate disinflation sentiment cheers investors Another positive week in global stock markets, which seemed unremarkable given it has been fairly good since the beginning of May. However, looking more closely – as we do – two market dynamics tell us more market...

The Cambridge Weekly – 5th June 2023

Markets take good news in their stride Last week, we noted how the absence of specifically good news meant markets reacted more negatively than expected to the relatively low probability of a US debt default. We pointed out that the more notable event of the week had...

The Cambridge Weekly – 30th May 2023

Debt ceiling angst or simply lack of good news? Compared to the previous week, markets did not really get much ‘new’ news to digest, and yet last week brought a renewed bout of equity market volatility. Given bond yields experienced even larger moves (up), ...

The Cambridge Weekly – 22nd May 2023

Big tech stocks increase is ‘artificial’ Last week we wrote that markets were facing growing risks. Since then, and at the time of writing, equity markets have generally headed higher. Japan has been enjoying a particularly good run with the Nikkei 225...