by Cambridge Investments | Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorised
Complicated picture suggests taking a step back The global equity market sell-off calmed this week, even though the predicted bounce back petered out sooner than most had expected with selling pressures already returning mid-week. This left stock markets roughly where...
by Cambridge Investments | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorised
Bond market sell-off surprise Having written only last week that Trump’s trade wars may prove a bizarrely supportive factor towards safely unwinding overvalued bond markets, I feel as if I provoked bond markets to prove me wrong. Amongst the other news stories, bond...
by Cambridge Investments | Oct 3, 2018 | Uncategorised
Poor politics containing bond market risks? As September and Q3/2018 drew to a close, investors enjoyed a second consecutive week of positive returns, ending the period not only with positive returns overall, but also in an uptrend. End of an era for the Fed The era...
by Cambridge Investments | Oct 3, 2018 | News
Brexit clamour vs. real market news The UK’s establishment had pinned high hopes on a Brexit breakthrough at the EU’s Salzburg (non-Brexit specific) summit. But the rest of the EU had a different agenda, so disappointment was inevitable. Judging by the vastly...
by Cambridge Investments | Oct 3, 2018 | News
Financial crisis – 10 years on It was 10 years ago this week that US investment bank Lehman Brothers was allowed to default. This event marked the beginning of the ultimate escalation from a severe credit crunch to a full blown global financial sector meltdown. The...
