by Cambridge Investments | Aug 11, 2020 | Uncategorised
Summer sunshine beckons, but politics still casts a long shadow As July ends with stifling temperatures, thoughts can turn to the month ahead. August capital markets can be either quiet or decidedly choppy. As investors go on their summer holidays, daily trade volumes...
by Cambridge Investments | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
Lock-down, Open-up In April, the virus ended the lives of over 190,000 people across the world. Of those, 13% were in the United Kingdom, nearly 25,000. The UK has been one of the worst affected countries during this pandemic. The US has suffered a similarly heavy...
by Cambridge Investments | May 4, 2020 | News, Uncategorised
Is April’s rally sustainable? In this investment update, Lothar Mentel, Lead Investment Adviser to Cambridge Investments discusses whether April’s surprisingly big rally is sustainable. May’s start has seen some wobbles and confidence is fragile. The bad...
by Cambridge Investments | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
Fading threat of financial crisis re-opens old divides These “strange times we live in” are even stranger for those of us working in and around capital markets. Despite the COVID-19 death toll rising to horrifying and previously unthinkable highs, stock markets staged...
by Cambridge Investments | Mar 24, 2020 | News, Uncategorised
Government ordered recession Just like the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus itself, the rate of policy change over the last few weeks has been astounding. A week ago, Boris Johnson and co. were content to isolate the sick, have the public wash their hands and...