Category: Blog
March’s banking system wobbles started to abate in April. It isn’t that the issue is solved yet, but that it looks limited to poorly managed, regional US banks, and as we expected, policymakers quickly stepped in to ensure stability in the system. To counter that we had more challenging inflation…
Alex Chappell
5th May, 2023
DB News Update – just stuff we’ve been working on…
Travel with protection… Someone much wiser than me once said “we travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us”. Those sentiments seem even more relevant post-pandemic, where many of us haven’t yet ventured back to visit other places and cultures. Its not quite as easy as…
Alex Chappell
21st April, 2023
Q1 2023 Market Review 2022 will go down as the worst year for equity and bond markets in 45 years. There have been periods where in isolation, equities or bonds have performed worse, but never at the same time. The re-pricing of all assets for a higher inflation and interest…
DB Wood Team
6th April, 2023
Spring Budget Update – A Push for Productivity
The general expectation coming into this budget was for further tax hikes. After all, the Autumn message was very clear – whilst the Government are being supportive to households via the energy price guarantee, that outlay needs to be paid for, and with the economy slowing towards a likely recession,…
Alex Chappell
17th March, 2023
After a strong January on the back of falling inflation expectations, markets calmed down in February, realising that the path to peak interest rates and lower inflation might not be a straight one. Ironically, what has taken the froth off the January performance has been stronger than expected economic data…
The Planning Team
3rd March, 2023
For future planning this is probably the most important question we can ask of ourselves, though it’s one that’s also a challenge to answer. To start, you need to understand how much your life costs you now, and assuming you want your current lifestyle to continue, then make an assumption…
The Planning Team
17th February, 2023
Being an investor can be an emotionally challenging journey. When things are bad, it can feel like they will never get better, and when things are good, we expect them to remain that way. Its human nature to extrapolate recent trends and expect them to continue, and its that exact…
Alex Chappell
3rd February, 2023
The market environment of 2022 was vastly different from the decade that came before it. Low inflation became high inflation, supportive policy moved to be restrictive, and with that, investment markets went through a huge period of adjustment. Policymakers have always feared higher inflation because it can become self-fulfilling. People…
DB Wood Team
6th January, 2023
As we come to the close of any year, it is good practise to look back and reflect on what has happened over the course of the year, together with what we have (or have not) achieved and try to ensure that we are as prepared as we can be…
Ashley Brooks
16th December, 2022
2022 has been quite a unique year! It’s December and the World Cup is in full flow. The Germans are out at the first hurdle for the second consecutive time, and England look to have momentum. In financial markets interest rates are rising to combat the highest levels of inflation…
Ashley Brooks
2nd December, 2022