Category: IC Insights
As a beautiful evening in a valley in Leicestershire ensued, I was gearing up for the first tennis match of the season. I was feeling positive; practice had been going well, the sun was out, the courts were looking great, and I was eager to get competitive.
Alex Chappell
18th May, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 1 2018
Market Review The first two weeks of 2018 saw a continuation of steady growth within investment markets. Although many of these markets were trading near to or at all-time highs, economic data still appeared relatively supportive of further growth. However, history has taught us to be…
The Investment Committee
6th April, 2018
When we launched our range of five model portfolios on 1st March 2008, we didn’t quite know it yet, but one of the deepest financial crises in modern history was ensuing. At the market open, the FTSE 100 index priced at 5,884 but markets were firmly in panic…
Ashley Brooks
9th March, 2018
Love at first sight… can sometimes have a nasty bite!
The bitcoin journey quite aptly characterises the early stages of a failed relationship. Dave Sheep is just a normal guy… good looking, mid-20s, athletic build with an infrequent interest in investments. He’s in town one day, just picking up a few bits when he walks into a shop…
Alex Chappell
9th February, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 4 2017
Market Review of Quarter Four A strong start, a flat middle and a buoyant finish – the three distinct phases that characterised investment markets in 2017. The main stock markets started the year on the front foot, led by Europe and Emerging Markets. The…
Ashley Brooks
12th January, 2018
‘Spooky Charts’ – Happy Halloween!
It’s that time of year again… children running around sporting witches hats, pumpkins with gruesome faces are lining the streets… it can only mean one thing. Halloween is upon us! In keeping with the theme of the season, we here at DB Wood have decided to mix it up in this…
DB Wood Team
27th October, 2017
Investment Review Quarter 3 2017
Market Review of Quarter Three The summer of 2017 may be remembered as a turning point in this economic cycle. After a decade of pumping money into developed economies, Central Banks look to have put that policy in their rear-view mirror, signalling that interest rate hikes…
Ashley Brooks
13th October, 2017
So who are the world’s three biggest spenders on defence these days? That’s right – the US, China and… Premier League football clubs. The 2017/18 English Premier League season has just got underway, and it has generated back-page headlines for weeks now around the multimillion-pound transfer…
Ashley Brooks
8th September, 2017
Investment Review Quarter 2 2017
Market Review of Quarter Two After a strong start to the year, global stock market momentum faltered through Q2. Without substance, initially the rally continued, however, economically things weren’t looking that good. We’d had a series of poor data releases both in the UK…
Ashley Brooks
14th July, 2017
The investment industry is terrible at making things simple. It likes to hide behind jargon and phraseology, aiming to confuse and amaze. It makes the people sound clever and what they do extremely difficult. However, it’s no coincidence that often the fund managers with the best performance records are…
Alex Chappell
16th June, 2017