Category: DB News
Quarter 3 2020 Investment Review
Market Review We’ve all quickly become accustomed to disruption and volatility. Before Q3 had begun, this year had already encompassed the quickest 30% market fall, and the fastest 50-day rally, in market history. As economies continued to re-open over the summer, the corresponding economic recovery started…
The Investment Committee
2nd October, 2020
The relaxation of lockdown rules has seen around half of our 30 strong team return to our office in Newark. A small handful are working part of the week from the office and part at home, and around 40% continue to work from their homes, though this number…
DB Wood Team
21st August, 2020
The sun is out, the beaches are packed, and the government is paying for us all to have discounted meals out… who would have dreamt of that back in January! Holidaymakers are being quarantined from Spain, as Boris pulls a fast one on Spanish tourism. Is this psychological…
The Investment Committee
7th August, 2020
Investment markets are always driven by something somewhere, but is a function of our human instinct to link everything that happens to a specific cause. Everyday investment commentators grapple to assess the reason why things are up or down. As I write this equity markets are falling, and the narrative…
DB Wood Team
24th July, 2020
Equity markets have recovered some of their losses over the last month or so, with the benchmark UK equity market now down around 20% so far in 2020, after falling 35% from its January high to its lowest point in March. That 35% loss was the sharpest in…
The Investment Committee
21st May, 2020
Introducing iSecure, powered by DB Wood…
We can take videos with our phones, talk to friends through our laptops and send documents thousands of miles in seconds. But could you find your house deeds, a tax return from five years ago or even the insurance valuation for your jewellery at a moments notice without…
DB Wood Team
15th May, 2020
We are over the peak according to Boris and his team of scientific experts, and can look forward to details next week about how we might begin the journey towards normality. Timing wise, we are around two weeks behind mainland Europe, and as their tentative steps show, normal…
The Investment Committee
1st May, 2020
The World During and After Coronavirus…
Emergencies tend to fast-forward historic processes. Decisions that usually get deliberated upon for months or years, are decided in minutes. Fresh and potentially dangerous technologies are forced into practice, because the downside of doing nothing is greater. We are fast approaching a time where it will…
The Investment Committee
24th April, 2020
Coronavirus – Second Update from our Investment Team…
Please note that as a result of the current market turbulence, our Investment Team will be increasing the frequency of their communications to ensure clients are up-to-date and informed. Global equity markets are in the middle of one of the most severe corrections in history.
The Investment Committee
13th March, 2020
5 minutes with… Kat Armeanu, Financial Planning Trainee
As part of our blog schedule, periodically we will be providing interesting updates from the wider team at DB Wood. In our first issue we sat down with Kat Armeanu, a Loughborough University student who was previously an intern, and is now currently completing her placement year with…
DB Wood Team
21st February, 2020