by Cambridge Investments | Jul 7, 2025 | News
The biggest headline last week came from UK politics as the Labour government made significant changes to their initial proposed welfare reforms. The amended reforms were passed in Parliament last Tuesday but do not generate the magnitude of savings initially...
by Cambridge Investments | Jun 16, 2025 | News
Last Wednesday Chancellor Rachel Reeves made her spending review announcement. Increases in funding for important areas like the NHS and national defence were announced. To help fund these increases, budgets were cut for departments such as the Home Office, Foreign...
by Cambridge Investments | Jun 9, 2025 | News
The Organisation for for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) growth forecasts released last week indicate that the global economy is set for its weakest growth spell since the Covid-19 pandemic. They have cited the headwind of the current trading environment...
by Cambridge Investments | Apr 8, 2025 | News
Markets respond badly to ‘Liberation Day’ ‘Liberation Day’ saw President Donald Trump unleash sweeping tariffs across the globe. In addition to a 10% baseline tariff affecting most countries, President Trump announced additional...
by Cambridge Investments | Mar 24, 2025 | News
Geopolitics continues to weigh on markets Despite a quiet week for US trade policy developments, President Trump continues to broker peace in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Last week, Russian President Putin agreed to halt attacks on Ukraine’s energy...
by Cambridge Investments | Jul 22, 2024 | News
Shock, rotation, growth? Last week was an astounding week. Capital markets took the attempted assassination of Donald Trump as practical confirmation of his victory in the upcoming presidential election. Equities moved to price in his expected agenda of tax cuts and...
