The Cambridge Weekly – 4th December 2023

Price shock reversal November brought investors the opposite of October and turned most portfolio returns into positive mid single-digit numbers for the year. As we have written here over the past weeks, the distinct turn in sentiment that drove markets in November...

The Cambridge Weekly –27th November 2023

US economy slows to our pace November remains a positive month in capital markets, although equities had a neutral week and longer bond prices have fallen back. UK government bonds (Gilts) have been the best performing bond market in the past few weeks, but the tax...

The Cambridge Weekly –20th November 2023

Inflation genie back in the bottle? Last week was another good one for most investors. In sterling terms, the strongest equity markets were in Europe with the DAX up 4.5% since last Friday afternoon. The biggest winners have been small and mid-sized firms; the UK...

The Cambridge Weekly –13th November 2023

Back pedalling central bankers The turnaround rally in stock and bond markets – started by the previous week’s dovish central bank comments – petered out towards the end of last week, with central bankers seemingly at pains to reverse their messaging, or at least...

The Cambridge Weekly –6th November 2023

The Cambridge Weekly –6th November 2023 Dovishness proves contagious Just how much change a week can bring to markets was amply visible during the last seven days. Last week we wrote about how negative sentiment in stock markets can turn into a self-perpetuating...

The Cambridge Weekly – 30th October 2023

The resilience narrative comes under pressure A potentially meaningful change in correlations happened last week. In recent times, a fall in yields (and therefore a rise in bond prices) would go alongside rises in equity prices, particularly the mega-cap growth...